If you were looking for another reason to avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup here it is.  Mercury!

Researchers Find Traces of Mercury in High Fructose Corn Syrup

researchers say they have detected traces of the silvery metal in samples of high-fructose corn syrup, a widely used sweetener that has replaced sugar in many processed foods.

The HFCS story is just getting worse and worse.  Stay away.

You’re Kidding Me Right?!


You can’t get much more insulting to the intelligence of American people then to assume that they are incapable of doing one simple search on google for the dangers and complications associated with consuming HFCS.

Seriously, who are these commercials aimed at?

And does anyone else find it ironic that they mention sugar is safe as long as it is in moderation?  Pretty funny coming from a product called “high” fructose corn syrup.

Do a google search and see what happens.  Combine High Fructose Corn Syrup with any of these words and report back to me on what you get.

Diabetes
High Cholesterol
Obesity
Crohn’s
Colitis
IBS
Inflammation

5 Unhealthy Drinks

An interesting article from The Consumerist. Its a very quick read.

A few things I agree with.

• Good for them for calling out Vitamin Water.
• Mojitos > Pina Coladas
• Liquid sugar in general is just bad.

The one thing they seemed to miss was soda. Probably because you really cant just pick one to be worse than the other.

High Fructose Corn Syrup + High Caffeine = Diabetes in a bottle