I'm developing a somewhat minor obsession with high fructose corn syrup. I've noticed that in my quest for a healthier diet that both myself and the ball of fire have a weird reaction to sugar. Once it's gone from our system, to reintroduce it has odd side effects. For instance, the ball of fire has an amazing, frenetic high and then the worst crash (read: tears, screaming, fit throwing extradonaire). I get dizzy spells and nausea. This interests me.
So I did a little experiement. I made dinner -- without any high fructose corn syrup.
I started with some nice wheat pasta, added a little organice turkey, some mushrooms, a little fresh oregano, a bit of onion, some of Newman's Own organic pasta sauce and a side salad. And this was where the shit started to hit the fan.
Add some whole wheat toast with real butter and garlic salt. High fructose corn syrup in my WHEAT bread. Then maybe you want a little salad dressing -- a seemingly healthy olive oil vinaigrette. Check the label, bitch, high fructose corn syrup.
THE. FUCK!
But the bigger problem seems to lie in the fact that no one else thinks it's a problem. Not the FDA, not the sugar association, not the diabetes association. Nope. Nobody.
Again and again we are reminded that we are at an all-time weight limit in this country, yet we continue to process foods with a well-known ingredient that adds to the waistline.
I just don't get it. Maybe ignorance is bliss.
Nutrition labels can be deceiving. Sugar content always is listed in grams, but few people know there are 4 grams in a teaspoon and, unlike the listings for salt and fats, there's not a clue as to how many grams of sugar is too many. The Agriculture Department recommends no more than 12 teaspoons a day; that is roughly one 12-ounce soda and a slice of bread.
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I have also been obsessed with the high fructose corn syrup theory. I have an instructor who has a son with Asperger's. She is the first person to alert me about it. I have since then read labels and refuse to feed this shit to my kids and I warn everyone else I know. There have been studies that show that this shit causes ADD or ADHD in children. It also causes weird reactions to other children. I was in shock when I looked at the labels on the food in my house! Almost 1/2 of everything contains this crap. No wonder kids these days don't listen to parents and I repeat to myself (quietly in my mind so I don't cause confrontation) "that child needs to have his ass beat!" I can definitely tell a difference in my kids when they have been to friend's houses and have eaten the crap. I just wish that the FDA would ban the shit.
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