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High Fructose Corn Syrup
Your Fast-Track to Heart Disease and Stokes
It looks and drips like honey, maple syrup, the real thing… BUT it is NOT.
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It’s probably because it has been deliberately made to look like this!
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High fructose corn syrup can make your health even worse especially if you suffer from heart problems and/or blood sugar disorders.
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There are several reasons for this.
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High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS): What exactly is it?
High fructose corn syrup is a cheap ingredient that food manufacturers add to their products to enhance the flavour.
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The really bad news is that HFCS is a whole load of empty, dangerous sugary calories that your body just doesn’t need – especially if you have to control your blood sugar levels.
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Because you may currently suffer from heart / cardiovascular disease (heart and brain are at risk of heart attacks and strokes) and the list goes on.
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Sugar has also been known to feed cancer growth. Not nice, eh? Imagine you’re actually helping the greedy, cancer cells at their own game with this…?
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This stuff can also make you hyper and stressed-up, leading to bouts of emotional eating. Do you raid the fridge at night? Or eat the whole box of KFC?
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Even if you are in peak health, high fructose corn syrup can slowly undermine it over time if you consume it regularly.
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Research: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
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At the end of the 2-week trial, the participants had increased concentrations of LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and apolipoprotein-B – a protein that can cause plaques that, in turn, can lead to vascular disease.
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PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE
When food shopping, check food labels for corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, or fructose.
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CULPRITS: Foods which contain High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Regular soda/ soft drinks
- Cookies/biscuits
- Chips/crisps
- Breakfast cereals
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Choose, instead, REAL FOOD made with real food ingredients:
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Here are 5 suggestions to give you an idea. You can find your own!
- Home-pressed vegetable juices
- Real Organic Salads
- Carb-free Almond biscuits/cookies
- Kale crisps, home-made
- Free-range Chicken wings (yes, cholesterol is good for you!).
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© Helen Chow, ND
Health Sifu: Make Smarter Health Choices.
Consciously Actively. Deliberately.
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Before I learned about HFCS (high fructose corn syrup), I thought what I had bought was really honey. Did you have that same experience? What are your experiences with HFCS high fructose corn syrup?