@aidje Hey, ease up.
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The recent TV onslaught of ads favoring high fructose corn syrup are paid for by the people that make it and make a ton of money on it. HFCS is the transfat of sugars in the sense that it is highly processed. One truism regarding our feed and our bodies is that the more something is processed, the worse it is for us, generally.
I thought this Washington Post article explained it well (excerpt):
“High fructose corn syrup—that’s quite a high falutin name for something that’s basically just a sweetener in sodas and lots of other food.
And now the question is, is it “natural?”
7Up says it is. It just launched a new advertising campaign, saying there’s a whole new reason to drink the Uncola: It’s 100 percent natural.”
The Center for Science in the Public Interest disagrees. The advocacy group, which has fought for tighter food labeling requirements, reduced fat and sodium in processed foods and unveiled the high caloric count of movie popcorn and Chinese food, says that as long as 7UP contains high fructose corn syrup, the company cannot claim it’s 100 percent natural.
CSPI sent Cadbury Schweppes, the maker of 7Up, a letter today saying it would sue the company, accusing it of spreading an “untruth” unless the company dropped its 100 percent natural claim. CSPI says high fructose corn syrup is no better—or worse—than plain table sugar. But it is made in a complex, multistep industrial process.”