Comments on: Is High Fructose Corn Syrup Turning Us Into Mad Hatters?

By: pcrossfield

pcrossfield — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:00:24 +0000

Nice article Paula, I come from the perspective that change has to be driven by a change in demand (education). In this regard and on this particular topic, i believe change is in the air - see.. Are food companies saying bye bye to HFCS. In short - driven largely by consumer perception manufacturers are removing HFCS from products. This is pretty facinating as by all official government statements there is nothing wrong with HFCS, yet manufacturers are voluntarily removing it from products due to the pressure from the market who won't stand for it anymore. I am not in a position to say whether there is anything wrong with HFCS or not..but i've followed this discussion becuase I really appreciate watching the balance of power shift increasingly to the consumer and consumer advocacy groups such as yourselves. bon courage. Anton Xavier CEO Foodessentials

By: Olivia

Olivia — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:21:49 +0000

As a dietician and mother, this is horrifying…possibly this is responsible for the rise in learning disabilities and autism. Will HFCS be banned from school lunch right away?

By: Allison - www.rawodyssey.com

Allison - www.rawodyssey.com — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:56:19 +0000

I don’t know why I’m amazed to learn this about HFCS. I am sickened about what we sell in our grocery stores- literally. I’m one of those suffering from excess weight and poor eating habits. This is one more reason for me to stay away from processed foods.

By: Bernadette

Bernadette — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:17:49 +0000

It always amazes me when I see what is in shopping carts at the grocery store. So many people are closing their eyes and ears to what is being passed off as food. As far as I’m concerned, HFCS is poison even without the mercury, along with MSG and aspartame. What are we allowing into our children’s (and our) bodies? So many young women are having problems conceiving, obesity, autism, fibromyalgia, migraines; the list goes on and on. Why would the FDA want to make any changes when the drugs that help the symptoms pulls in so much money?

By: Anita Robinson

Anita Robinson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:43:06 +0000

It’s horrible to think that this is going into our children’s bodies. I try very hard to watch the labels but it seems to be in so much. I certainly did not get a positive outlook on the commercial. Just seemed ridiculous.

Thanks!
Anita Robinson

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:47:29 +0000

I have a petition going on to let the FDA and Congress know what steps we want to take to eliminated the contamination of HFCS or to take HFCS out of our foods. Please sign it!

http://www.petitiononline.com/HFCS/

By: Sinclair

Sinclair — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:29:02 +0000

The deception is mind-boggling! I have written about HFCS on my blog and have been keeping up with many varied issues in the food industry, but I had no idea that mercury was in any way involved in HFCS. Peeling back the layers is an ever more tedious task…

By: ANOTHER Reason To Avoid HFCS - Moms Network Message Boards

ANOTHER Reason To Avoid HFCS - Moms Network Message Boards — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:56:41 +0000

[...] by dozens of doctors people tend to develop all sorts of additional health problems. Anyway, Is High Fructose Corn Syrup Turning Us Into Mad Hatters? points out that mercury is in places you never even suspected. There is NO safe level of mercury [...]

By: Mercury, High Fructose Corn Syrup and Autism | Organically Inclined

Mercury, High Fructose Corn Syrup and Autism | Organically Inclined — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:18:08 +0000

[...] reason that the news on Monday that HFCS contains mercury is so alarming is two fold: First, the FDA had evidence of this in 2005 [...]

By: » mercury found in high fructose corn syrup

» mercury found in high fructose corn syrup — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:15:00 +0000

[...] Is High Fructose Corn Syrup Turning Us Into Mad Hatters? In an attempt to reclaim its reputation a few months back, the makers of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) created a few sneaky commercials, which were really hard for us in the food community to take seriously. But now HFCS is in the news again — and this time the reason is much worse. It turns out that many foods sweetened with HFCS contain mercury, left as a residue in the production of caustic soda, a key ingredient in HFCS. And worst of all, the FDA and the industry have known about this potential toxin and has continued serving it up since at least 2005. Filed under: Food, Shoveled by Sonya at 2:14 pm | [...]