Is High Fructose Corn Syrup Dangerous?
How bad can it be? After all it’s made from corn, corn is all natural, it’s a vegetable, and we all know that we’re supposed to eat more vegetables…right? Wrong! The reality is that High Fructose Corn Syrup, or HFCS, is a highly processed clear liquid derived in a round-about way from corn starch. It has been linked to the current epidemic of obesity, diabetes, and other diet related diseases. Unlike more natural sugars which trigger the pancreas to produce insulin and then send out hunger quenching signals to the brain telling you to stop eating, HFCS bypasses this natural process. You don’t feel full after consuming HFCS because there are no signals telling the brain you’re satisfied. Once ingested highly processed HFCS travels right to the liver where it is stored as fat, with its super sweet taste sparking cravings for more and more. According to The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the way the body metabolizes factory made fructose plays a role in the epidemic of obesity. “
