Between a conversation I overhead yesterday about this guy excitedly telling this other guy about this mysterious spot where gravity doesn't work the way it's supposed to and the ad on television showing a mom concerned about high fructose corn syrup was just plain dumb I just know it's going to happen. People don't care about facts, they just want to feel good.:
Here is an article explaining how the chemical composition of HFCS differs from sugar. I'm afraid to break it down, but what I would say if I were the mom on the commercial is that HFCS has a greater percentage of fructose (55%) than glucose (45%) compared to sugar which is 50/50. Fructose is metabolized in the liver and which leads to insulan resistence (read diabetes) and an increase in triglycerides (read heart disease). I guess we haven't seen an increase in those things since the 1970's when HFCS was put in our diet as a cheaper alterntative to sugar. By the way, love your top!
Although, I wouldn't have been involved in the conversation in the first place. I hate the way the ad portrays people concerned with what their children eat as rude enough to say something like, "I guess you don't care what your kids eat." It is indicative of the combative nature of our society.
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