 High Fructose Corn Syrup, Think about it |
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 Aug 23 2005, 12:37 AM
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Member [ Level 2 ]  Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 18-August 05 Member No.: 7,934  |
High Fructose Corn Syrup is in most foods you eat, including bread, juices, and even some sports drinks. High Fructose Corn Syrup is an artificial sugar that is very concentrated and very potent. What it does is set your body up so it's used to that amount of sugar, and requires more. Ever eat a full meal, say you're full, then randomly say "I could go for some twinkes!". Well, it makes you balance out any lost sugar, since it's so used to the level of the high fructose corn syrup. Anyway, keep it in mind when you eat those twinkies, and gobble that arizona iced tea. it leads to obseity!
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Aug 23 2005, 12:47 AM
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Hedonist at large Group: Members Posts: 610 Joined: 30-July 05 From: another realm Member No.: 7,524 |
What? I never knew that. You mean to say that it makes us take so much of sugar even though we don't need anymore? That doesn't sound too good. As you say, this might even lead to obesity. Or maybe that's the whole point of it. Maybe the food manufacturers want us to eat more so that their sales will increase. Is this thing perfectly legal? I don't see how it could be seeing that it makes people eat more.
<digress> This sort of reminds me of what happened to Coca-cola back in the 80s (if i'm not mistaken) in India. The Indian government had to completely ban the sale of Coke in India because they were using some sort of ingredient making people addicted to it. Don't know how true that it... that's wht I heard about it, I was just a toddler back then  </digress> |
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Aug 23 2005, 02:39 PM
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Member [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 18-August 05 Member No.: 7,934 |
Yea, you have the right idea. They put all this sugar in the foods to set up a craving for more food, which results in more sales for their product. Legal, yes. Bypassable? Well, yea. Just don't buy the bad food.
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Aug 23 2005, 09:21 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 23-August 05 Member No.: 8,047 |
QUOTE(abhiram @ Aug 22 2005, 05:47 PM) What? I never knew that. You mean to say that it makes us take so much of sugar even though we don't need anymore? That doesn't sound too good. As you say, this might even lead to obesity. Or maybe that's the whole point of it. Maybe the food manufacturers want us to eat more so that their sales will increase. Is this thing perfectly legal? I don't see how it could be seeing that it makes people eat more. <digress> This sort of reminds me of what happened to Coca-cola back in the 80s (if i'm not mistaken) in India. The Indian government had to completely ban the sale of Coke in India because they were using some sort of ingredient making people addicted to it. Don't know how true that it... that's wht I heard about it, I was just a toddler back then </digress>  Sounds like what they used to do in the states when coke first came out. Hence the name. |
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Aug 23 2005, 11:54 PM
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Member [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 18-August 05 Member No.: 7,934 |
Yea, They used to put a small dose of cocaine in the Coca Cola, which most obviously led to addiction. It was so bad back then. Okay, the population was about 50% less, but they had about the same sales.. THAT"S TERRIBLE!
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Aug 25 2005, 08:38 AM
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Bursting with vegany goodness! Group: Members Posts: 342 Joined: 8-April 05 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 3,753 myCENTs:10.76 |
QUOTE(AbyssalStalker @ Aug 24 2005, 12:54 AM) Yea, They used to put a small dose of cocaine in the Coca Cola, which most obviously led to addiction. It was so bad back then. Okay, the population was about 50% less, but they had about the same sales.. THAT"S TERRIBLE! They didn't deliberately but cocaine in it. It's called Coca Cola because one of the flavourings in it is from the Coca plant. You may or may not know that the coca plant is used to make cocaine. Recently Coca Cola have treated the coca so it doesn't contain cocaine, before adding it to the drink. |
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Aug 25 2005, 09:41 PM
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Member [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 18-August 05 Member No.: 7,934 |
Yea, I heard about that. Pretty interesting stuff. I always wanted to TRULY wanted to know what they put in our food
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Sep 16 2005, 02:17 AM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 14-September 05 Member No.: 8,467 |
No wonder I'm fat! I didnt know high fructose corn syrup did all that. Im cutting that out now!
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Sep 16 2005, 06:03 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 29-November 04 From: Marietta, GA Member No.: 1,561 |
This post has nothing to do with the latest/Greatest Computers and Tech, so it is here by moved....
-William |
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