The government states there is nothing wrong with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (n.d.) then , what was wrong with me? Oh yes, how did I get on a healthier path when I eliminated it from my diet? I believe that high fructose corn syrup should be banned. I diagnosed with a nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFL) and was on the border of becoming a diabetic. That was two years ago. I went on a strict regimen of no high fructose. I do not mean just giving up sodas. Most all of the processed foods are enhanced with high fructose because it is cheap and addictive. I started making everything I ate from scratch. Recently, I had another cat scan that indicated that I no longer had a (NAFL). My blood sugar
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It goes into great detail about the (HFCS) accumulating into the liver and how detrimental the buildup can be. “The breakdown of fructose in the liver does more than lead to the buildup of fat.”Abundance of fructose not good for the liver, heart - Harvard Health. (n.d.). That an abundance of (HFCS) can contribute to heart, liver, insulin resistance and other diseases. Then, the article starts using words like “more likely”, “strongly associated” and “long way to go to connect the dots “. Perhaps the wording changed from basic comorbidites to a maybe is that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use (HFCS) and it is considered a safe …show more content…
In 2004, Renee Dufault, an environmental health researcher at the (FDA) finds a report that chemical plants were leaching mercury. This is so unsettling that this data was not on the front page of every newspaper and on every newscast. Dufault sends (HFCS) to three reputable labs and most samples have Mercury. Dufault informs FDA of her findings and then told to quit her investigations. She tries to pursue the matter, but FDA buddies up with the Corn Refiners Association and insist there is nothing wrong with the form of mercury in (HFCS). The HFCS manufacturers state that they no longer use mercury-grade lye and when they conduct their own testing there is no mercury found. The FDA has alleged known about the mercury-contaminated hfcs for nearly four years and "should already have an answer for us based on science and not speculation," “. The FDA sees no need for further
It goes into great detail about the (HFCS) accumulating into the liver and how detrimental the buildup can be. “The breakdown of fructose in the liver does more than lead to the buildup of fat.”Abundance of fructose not good for the liver, heart - Harvard Health. (n.d.). That an abundance of (HFCS) can contribute to heart, liver, insulin resistance and other diseases. Then, the article starts using words like “more likely”, “strongly associated” and “long way to go to connect the dots “. Perhaps the wording changed from basic comorbidites to a maybe is that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use (HFCS) and it is considered a safe …show more content…
In 2004, Renee Dufault, an environmental health researcher at the (FDA) finds a report that chemical plants were leaching mercury. This is so unsettling that this data was not on the front page of every newspaper and on every newscast. Dufault sends (HFCS) to three reputable labs and most samples have Mercury. Dufault informs FDA of her findings and then told to quit her investigations. She tries to pursue the matter, but FDA buddies up with the Corn Refiners Association and insist there is nothing wrong with the form of mercury in (HFCS). The HFCS manufacturers state that they no longer use mercury-grade lye and when they conduct their own testing there is no mercury found. The FDA has alleged known about the mercury-contaminated hfcs for nearly four years and "should already have an answer for us based on science and not speculation," “. The FDA sees no need for further