Comments on: The economic demise of high fructose corn syrup? http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/ simple health strategies for modern life Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:24:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: B. Clark http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-25435 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:31:51 +0000 http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-25435 I agree with Paul Orley. Everytime I drink a fountain drink,which is my weakness, I break out with a terrible rash on my feet and sometimes my wrist. It's similar to poison oak or sumac. I agree with Paul Orley. Everytime I drink a fountain drink,which is my weakness, I break out with a terrible rash on my feet and sometimes my wrist. It’s similar to poison oak or sumac.

]]> by: Idetrorce http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-20945 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:38:56 +0000 http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-20945 very interesting, but I don't agree with you Idetrorce very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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]]> by: Keith C http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-11772 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:45:58 +0000 http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-11772 I have been reading an article about the affect that all the Corn Syrup has on the liver. I have another reaction whenever I eat something with corn syrup. I break out in a rash in my armpits. I have been very careful lately to read everything that I eat or drink. I have been using stevia for a long time to sweeten my coffee. It is amazing that corn syrup or another form (dextrose) appears in so much of our food. Also the fact that Corn syrup converts to fat more than sugar does, it is no wonder that our Country has become so fat. We need to get rid of this horrible sweetener. Beet sugar, Stevia and many other sweeteners besides sugar are available. No wonder we also have so much Diabetes. This all started when they enacted the Corn Sugar legislation back when. Just felt like giving my 2 cents. Turn the Corn into fuel and give us back our health. I have been reading an article about the affect that all the Corn Syrup has on the liver. I have another reaction whenever I eat something with corn syrup. I break out in a rash in my armpits. I have been very careful lately to read everything that I eat or drink. I have been using stevia for a long time to sweeten my coffee. It is amazing that corn syrup or another form (dextrose) appears in so much of our food. Also the fact that Corn syrup converts to fat more than sugar does, it is no wonder that our Country has become so fat. We need to get rid of this horrible sweetener. Beet sugar, Stevia and many other sweeteners besides sugar are available. No wonder we also have so much Diabetes. This all started when they enacted the Corn Sugar legislation back when. Just felt like giving my 2 cents. Turn the Corn into fuel and give us back our health.

]]> by: paul orley http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-6217 Thu, 10 May 2007 04:03:11 +0000 http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-6217 instead of using sugar and hfcs which is not good for your health but cost effective for the food industry. STEVIA is 5 more times sweeter than sugar an good for diabetics but of course the food lobysts for the food and sugar industry would never let that happen.... money over the health of the people is more inportant. Thank you PMO instead of using sugar and hfcs which is not good for your health
but cost effective for the food industry.
STEVIA is 5 more times sweeter than sugar an good for
diabetics but of course the food lobysts for the food and sugar
industry would never let that happen…. money over the health
of the people is more inportant. Thank you PMO

]]> by: Patti http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-2487 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:22:02 +0000 http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-2487 Well that would be some good to come out of it, but I don't know that's likely. Corn and soy are HEAVILY subsidized. Currently because corn is getting shifted more towards ethanol, all prices related to corn are increasing... it's used in cattle and chicken feed so dairy, meat and poultry prices are rising. HFCS was originally discovered in the 1970's. It's extremely sweet so much less is needed compared to sugar. Even if the price increases, it's still likely to be cost beneficial. Funny thing is, Brasil - a huge sugar producing country - has largely converted to ethanol. Their ethanol uses sugar rather than corn. It's more efficiently used in ethanol production. However, to protect the corn industry, the US put a large tariff (I believe 35 cents a pound) on sugar from Brasil. Hence we continue to use corn. As well, farmers are shifting crops. So there will be shortages in other crops as farmers elect to go for those ethanol corn dollars. Well that would be some good to come out of it, but I don’t know that’s likely. Corn and soy are HEAVILY subsidized. Currently because corn is getting shifted more towards ethanol, all prices related to corn are increasing… it’s used in cattle and chicken feed so dairy, meat and poultry prices are rising.
HFCS was originally discovered in the 1970’s. It’s extremely sweet so much less is needed compared to sugar. Even if the price increases, it’s still likely to be cost beneficial.
Funny thing is, Brasil - a huge sugar producing country - has largely converted to ethanol. Their ethanol uses sugar rather than corn. It’s more efficiently used in ethanol production. However, to protect the corn industry, the US put a large tariff (I believe 35 cents a pound) on sugar from Brasil. Hence we continue to use corn.
As well, farmers are shifting crops. So there will be shortages in other crops as farmers elect to go for those ethanol corn dollars.

]]> by: Alex Tiroch http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-2483 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:00:27 +0000 http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/01/19/the-economic-demise-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#comment-2483 As far as I have understood the problem, corn syrup is a kind of unproductive consumption. The US's overproduction of corn needs to be dumped somewhere to keep up wages of corn farmers, so laws have been passed to force producers of products that contain sugar to use corn syrup instead. If demand for corn increases due to ethanol demand, why wouldn't government try to shift the existing corn crop towards production of ethanol and subsidize production of normal sugar. Would this not reduce future spending on healthcare as a result of corn-syrup-bound obesity ? As far as I have understood the problem, corn syrup is a kind of unproductive consumption. The US’s overproduction of corn needs to be dumped somewhere to keep up wages of corn farmers, so laws have been passed to force producers of products that contain sugar to use corn syrup instead. If demand for corn increases due to ethanol demand, why wouldn’t government try to shift the existing corn crop towards production of ethanol and subsidize production of normal sugar. Would this not reduce future spending on healthcare as a result of corn-syrup-bound obesity ?

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