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So are people anti-hfcs all of a sudden? I don't get it. I've never heard anything about it being bad for you other than people saying so. Nothing

Posted by sycor Sep 3 '10, 13:41

medical to back it up.

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I think the anti-HFCS has been a little overhyped in the past, but a new study came out last month saying it speeds cancer growth. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Sep 3, 14:21 1
- I linked another version of that story below -- it's pancreatic cancer. (could be others, too; but that's all the particular study covered.) -- nm - b. Sep 3, 14:25
According to the studies listed in the wiki link ty97 posted below the studies are pretty inconclusive. Unless I'm reading what it says wrong. -- nm - sycor Sep 3, 14:09
I think there is more than enough evidence that processed food makes people fat - stewie Sep 3, 13:58
Dentists have been against it for years! -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 13:51 3
- 4 out of 5 dentists are against everything. -- nm - Ender Sep 3, 13:51 2
  - And that 5th one is probably a Muslim. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 13:53
  - I've always wondered about that fifth dentist -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 13:52
it's been going on for years. there have been several studies that indicate it may be harmful. - Kare Sep 3, 13:48 2
- oh, i capped my name! that looks weird. -- nm - kare Sep 3, 13:49 1
  - seod ti eruS -- nm - yxoma Sep 3, 14:04
they need more corn syrup to get an equal amount of sweetness compared with sugar, a lot more, which means a LOT more caleries -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 13:47 5
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  - but it's a matter of how much you need for equivalent sweetening, right? -- nm - Andie Sep 3, 13:52 3
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      - easy test would be to compare the two different kinds of Coke for calorie count. -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 14:15
      - i recall some photo showing 2 Tbs sugar and a half or n1/4 cup of corn juice -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 14:15
it's not really a new thing. -- nm - Andie Sep 3, 13:45 20
- one of my issues with it is i think the we have corn in everything. and i'd rather eat pure cane sugar than something that processed. -- nm - Andie Sep 3, 13:46 19
  - Same for me. Way too much corn in our diets and I do my bets to limit it where I can. -- nm - Krusty Sep 3, 13:50 1
    - *best not bets* -- nm - Krusty Sep 3, 13:50
  - I wish the pure-sugar version was more readily available (even at increased cost) as an optional alternative for those who want it. - ty97 Sep 3, 13:49 16
    - so does will i. am -- nm - Dano Sep 3, 13:54
    - there are more products now than there used to be, it's trendy even. - b. Sep 3, 13:52
    - i believe (i could be wrong) that Americans get a lot of their sugar from sugar beets, and i think we get most from sugar cane. is that true, do you - Andie Sep 3, 13:50 13
      - Rogers sugar is sugar beets. - Reagen Sep 3, 14:04 3
        
        Redpath is a sugar plant here in Toronto, i just googled, they use sugar cane: -- (link) - Andie Sep 3, 14:07 2
        
        functionally they'd be the same. Sucrose is sucrose. -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 14:18 1
        
        not in baking/cooking. I had noticed it myself one holiday season, when I tried a store brand instead of c&h cane. subsequently, I read a story - b. Sep 3, 14:23
      - a lot of it here is from beets. "pure cane sugar" is a selling point for a bunch of products. - b. Sep 3, 13:57 5
        
        Unless I'm mistaken, cane sugar is the only sugar I ever see in the sugar section of the market -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 14:00 4
        
        you're mistaken. - b. Sep 3, 14:04 2
        
        No kiddin'? Learn something new every day. -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 14:05 1
        
        and *then* there's the fact that some of it is processed through animal bones, but that's a whole 'nuther sticky wicket. -- nm - kare Sep 3, 14:11
        
        What about the sugar that just says "sugar", instead of "cane sugar"? :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 14:01
      - I believe sugar is more expensive for USA because we embargo Cuba. -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 13:52 2
        
        ah, well, drink your processed corn then! :) -- nm - Andie Sep 3, 13:53 1
        
        Pretty much :) -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 13:56
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- has the princeton study from earlier this year been countered? nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 3, 13:48 2
  - I love that picture. It's so fake. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 13:51 1
    - isn't it great? heh. -- nm - b. Sep 3, 13:53
- Of course, most of the studies in support of HFCS are funded by corn manufacturers, so consider the source. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 13:48 4
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  - the "pro" commercials made me sick. -- nm - kare Sep 3, 13:49 2
    - Whenever anybody says "You know what they say" about something, I like to reply, "What, that it's made from corn?" -- nm - mara Sep 3, 13:52 1
      - *laughing* -- nm - kare Sep 3, 13:54
- The liver study seems to get the most talk/press lately -- nm - ty97 Sep 3, 13:45 1
  - last month, the ucla study on pancreatic cancer got some attention. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 3, 14:19
That should be WHY are people anti-hfcs? -- nm - sycor Sep 3, 13:42 1
- some info and sources here -- (link) - ty97 Sep 3, 13:44

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So are people anti-hfcs all of a sudden? I don't get it. I've never heard anything about it being bad for you other than people saying so. Nothing

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