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Corn is fundamental to many diets it is used in the morning and is the first thing that many people eat in the form of cereal. Corn can be seen as engrained in certain activities and events such as BBQs, where it is consumed on the cob and when going to the movie theatre through popcorn which is another form of corn that expands from the kernel as pressure builds it puffs up when heated. It is also part of cultural foods, Mexican food is majorly made of corn that are used in various ways such as…

High Fructose Corn Syrup There are many controversies about high fructose corn syrup when it comes to the debate of whether is causes certain diseases or if it is healthy or not. High fructose corn syrup is composed of either 42 percent or 55 percent fructose. It is a sweetener made from corn that also contains sugars that are primarily glucose and high sugars (chains of glucose). Many people are skeptical against high fructose corn syrup which is also known as (HFCS), but there are many…

overproduction of corn is one such alteration to modern life. Corn has been grown to an excessive amounts, which is increasing almost constantly. This overproduction of corn has led to many different uses of corn, such as high fructose corn syrup, which is used as a substitute for natural sugars. One specific piece of information that most all of society is incapable of noticing is that high fructose corn syrup is a leading cause of obesity. There are many ways that we can incapacitate this use…

health problems. Although sugars can be found naturally in fruits, vegetables, and milk, the majority of sugar being consumed in found in processed foods and beverages. The name for sugar can be hidden in food labels and can vary from high fructose corn syrup, glucose, dextrose, sucrose, and much more. These variations of sugar can be found in the majority of processed foods that are being consumed by Americans every day. As many children begin to consume added sugars at a very young…

Dear Aunt, Your concerns about high fructose corn syrup are completely understandable. There are so many conflicting statements and ideas on the subject; it is no wonder that such controversy surrounds it. In order to fully understand the effects that high fructose corn syrup has on the body, we should start with what HFCS really is. The sweeteners that we all know and love, such as table sugar and honey, are made up of two simple sugars: glucose and fructose. Simple sugars, also known as…

true that all of today’s agricultural products are produced in this fashion. There still exist smaller farms that on which people grow , the same way crops were meant to be grown and the way that cows never needed medicine from being fed nothing but corn. I will base the healthiness of food based on what it has been grown with, such as whether it was grown using pesticides, or in the case of animals, what they were fed and whether they were given antibiotics. My goal would to be to create…

Ketchup is put on their burgers, so another 2.6 gallons of water is used (Mekonnen & Hoekstra, 2010b). The Ketchup does have, in this serving size, four grams of high fructose corn syrup contributing about 2 gallons to the amount stated before of 140 gallons for the total amount used in the production of high fructose corn…

rate. Industries also need to make money so it important that the food they sell is also abundant and cheap so ultimately they end up having a larger bargain over the money. For example, Pollan talks about how scientists have developed high fructose corn syrup. It is like sugar, but much less cheaper and can be used much more efficiently. A quote form the passage is, “Read the food labels in your kitchen and you’ll find that GFCS is everywhere. It’s not just in our soft drinks or snack foods,…

High fructose corn syrup was first introduced in the United States, in the 1960s. Due to cheap corn prices in the 1970s, high fructose corn syrup was inexpensively made, and its use became widespread in the US food supply. By 1985, 35% of the food supply was being sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, mainly because it was cheaper to produce than glucose based sweeteners that were used previously. When high fructose corn syrup was being used in the food supply, rates…

crops containing GMOs are sold they are labeled to let the consumer know what’s in the food they are buying. Many argue that foods containing GMOs are harmful to consume and so they boycott products such as corn syrup, cornmeal, and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) since they derive from corn. Soy is one of the crops that are altered Smith states that, “Currently commercialized GM crops in the U.S. include soy (94%).” In other words soy is the top crop that is modified. Other foods that contain…