Posts Tagged ‘High Fructose Corn Syrup’
Mercury Found in High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
On average, Americans consume 12 teaspoons daily of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Some people, including many teenagers, consume up to 80 percent above that average. A study published in Environmental Health reports that mercury was found in nearly 50 percent of tested samples of commercial HFCS. A separate study by the Institute for Agriculture and…
Read MoreA sweet…and deadly…surprise
By now you’ve certainly seen the sickeningly sweet Corn Refiners Association ad campaign touting the virtues of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). “It’s fine in moderation,” the hip mom says to the other, hopelessly uninformed, mom when she cringes at the fake juice that the hip mom is about to serve up to the kids. “It’s…
Read MoreIs this Popular Natural Sweetener Worse than High Fructose Corn Syrup?
By Dr. Mercola Many people interested in staying healthy have switched to agave as a safer “natural” sweetener. They want to avoid well documented dangerous sweeteners like HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) but are unaware that most agave is actually WORSE than HFCS. Once I realized this, I wrote a special report on agave to inform…
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