Anyone else seen those highly annoying commercials with the lady walking in the farm, corn stalks blowing in the breeze, as she's saying that high fructose corn syup is A-okay for her and her family (innocent children having a picnic in the background)? There are few things in life that have ruffled my feathers as much as those commercials because High Fructose Corn Syrup, aka corn sugar as you can now find it on food labels, is NOT, I repeat, NOT good for us, nor our waistline.
When we eat the right foods, our hormones function properly. Triggers are sent to the brain to signal that we've had enough to eat and we are thereby full. When we eat the wrong foods, like simple sugars in processed foods, our bodies go haywire hormonally, and that ends up in one result... a new pair of larger sized pants, my friends.
Fructose found in HFCS, a sweetener in many processed foods, isn't seen by the brain as regular food so it doesn't see HCFS as excess calories or fat. Therefore, we don't turn off the "full" signal and continue eating, which leads to excess calories and weight gain.
As Americans we consume more than 63lbs of fructose per year! that's 128,000 calories and a huge contributor to weight gain!
Stop the madness now! When looking at food labels beware of the following as ingredients, but especially as one of the first 5:
1. Simple sugars- fructose, sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, corn sugar, dextrose, maltose, sucralose, aspartame, saccharin.
2. Enriched/bleached or refined flours- these have been stripped of all nutrients and are processed just the same as sugars.
Common HFCS culprits include, but are not limited to: Fat free foods, such as salad dressings, ketchup, mustard, honey mustards, barbecue sauce, granola bars, cereal bars, cookies, chips, and other pre-packaged snack foods.
Know what doesn't have HFCS?? Fresh fruits and veggies :)
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