High Fructose Corn Syrup. Is there any escape?

I don't want to be filled with it, but it seems almost everything uses it nowadays. So do you guys know anything that doesn't have it outside of fresh fruits and vegetables? Also do you do spend any time thinking about the fact that pretty much everything has HFCS nowadays, and do you try to limit yourself on how much you consume?

i've noticed this as well. it really does seem like literally everything has it in it's ingredients.

Yes I do. Meat from the butcher probably doesn't,. I usually don't see any in the grocery stores that are cut there. Pastas, sauces, cereals. HFCS is mostly in the cheap stuff. Most dairy I drink doesn't have it on the labels. Non-hormone raised cows.

Snapple switched off it a couple years back... Anyway, is it actually any worse than sucrose/fructose? I've heard it's not.Dark__Link

I heard there is really only like 3 or 4 manufacturers of all the major food brands in the USA. Everything is made from corn lol. I could be wrong though, never really looked too far int it outside of a few documentaries. Also the sanitation of meat production/processing is really gross.

Snapple switched off it a couple years back... Anyway, is it actually any worse than sucrose/fructose? I've heard it's not.Dark__Link

I heard there is really only like 3 or 4 manufacturers of all the major food brands in the USA. Everything is made from corn lol. I could be wrong though, never really looked too far int it outside of a few documentaries. Also the sanitation of meat production/processing is really gross.

MrGrimFandango

Mountain dew/pepsi throwback and coke imported from mexico.

I actually don't care much about this things. I eat whatever I feel like.

Yes I do. Meat from the butcher probably doesn't,. I usually don't see any in the grocery stores that are cut there. Pastas, sauces, cereals. HFCS is mostly in the cheap stuff. Most dairy I drink doesn't have it on the labels. Non-hormone raised cows.

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"]Snapple switched off it a couple years back... Anyway, is it actually any worse than sucrose/fructose? I've heard it's not.BranKetra

Considering 1 molecule of sucrose is composed of 1 molecule of glucose plus 1 molecule of fructose together, that sounds hard to believe.

I actually don't care much about this things. I eat whatever I feel like.

Sandulf29

This. After all, In a hundre years, it won't matter if I was obese or fit....Cause I'll be dead, and so will you all.

Bottom line is that sucrose is a natural sugar and high fructose corn syrup is not. I don't want fake crap in my body personally.

Dr. Pepper is making it with both HFCS and real sugar. The real sugar version even has throwback can designs that have been used over the years.

Yes. Our forefathers (foremothers?) used to call it "cooking." It's possible to avoid it when eating at home, so long as you're willing to do the work. Most people aren't.LongZhiZi

well I live a very speedy life sir. I don't have time for your new fangled inventions. :P

Honestly though the stuff truly is in everything. Even bread has it. F****** bread!

Yes. Our forefathers (foremothers?) used to call it "cooking." It's possible to avoid it when eating at home, so long as you're willing to do the work. Most people aren't.LongZhiZi

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[QUOTE="LongZhiZi"]Yes. Our forefathers (foremothers?) used to call it "cooking." It's possible to avoid it when eating at home, so long as you're willing to do the work. Most people aren't.SLS97

Pepsi's throwback products use sugar(including Mt Dew).

And all diet drinks don't use HFC by default:P

i have no clew how someone would have problems avoiding the stuff, but then again i dont eat much candy.surrealnumber5

Best bet, cook your own food and cut the snacks and the usual juices. Ocean Spray claims not to use it but their drinks are too sweet to me, you'll have to check for yourself on that. I'd say that I do pretty well in not consuming HFCS.

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]i have no clew how someone would have problems avoiding the stuff, but then again i dont eat much candy.racer8dan

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[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]i have no clew how someone would have problems avoiding the stuff, but then again i dont eat much candy.surrealnumber5

Do you make your own bread?

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[QUOTE="racer8dan"]It's not just in candy and soda, it's in the vast majority of boxed/man made foods. So unless your trying to avoid it, chances are your consuming it everyday. I think it's best to avoid boxed foods completely if possible or anything with alot of words you can barely pronounce on the back of the package. Google some of the ingredients. I just learned about a new one called "L Cysterine" which is extracted from the Hair of humans, ducks and pigs and is used to speed up the production of breads.

worlock77

Do you make your own bread?

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[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"] i dont eat out much and i dont eat prepackaged foods often so it is not in my everyday consuming habits, and i am not looking to avoid it. most of my HFCS comes in rum and coke form, but aside from that it is rarely in my diet.

surrealnumber5

Do you make your own bread?

Do you eat any at all? Point is, unless you're actively trying to avoid it then you're probably consuming HFCS. You may not even realize it. The s*** is in just about every goddamn thing on the market.

The way I see it, thereare really only two kinds of food. Fresh and packaged. Packaged (even the self-proclaimed 'healthy stuff') is always going to have crap in it thats bad for you whether its HFCS or sodium or whatever. For my wife and I, we take the time to cook (usually) so we know what we are eating, and we make a bit extra to take to work the following day for lunch. Yes, at times we don't feel like or don't have the time to prepare our own food, so we go with packaged stuff. Is it healthy? Nope, but as they say, everything in moderation.

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Do you make your own bread?

worlock77

Do you eat any at all? Point is, unless you're actively trying to avoid it then you're probably consuming HFCS. You may not even realize it. The s*** is in just about every goddamn thing on the market.

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Yes I do. Meat from the butcher probably doesn't,. I usually don't see any in the grocery stores that are cut there. Pastas, sauces, cereals. HFCS is mostly in the cheap stuff. Most dairy I drink doesn't have it on the labels. Non-hormone raised cows.

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"]Snapple switched off it a couple years back... Anyway, is it actually any worse than sucrose/fructose? I've heard it's not.Cataclism

Considering 1 molecule of sucrose is composed of 1 molecule of glucose plus 1 molecule of fructose together, that sounds hard to believe.

Here's a study by Princeton University about HFCS.