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High fructose corn syrup is a simple carbohydrate also known as a monosaccharide. Sweet corn kernels are harvested and converted into starch by using caustic soda. Typically, cornstarch is 93% to 96% glucose. Because pure corn syrup is not sweet enough for food manufacturing, food processors add Enzymes to convert glucose into fructose, which changes the molecular structure. The exact ratio of glucose to fructose depends on the manufacturing process. Researchers from Princeton University…

While two differing food items obviously don’t have to be similar, two foods that you can associate as being similar can actually have a lot of differences often because of three reasons. The reasons are size and type of serving suggestions differ, the nutrition facts greatly vary, and one is made from organic ingredients while another is not. The two food items I have decided to compare are Bob’s Red Mill Organic Brown Rice Farina and Nabisco/Mondeléz International’s Breakfast Belvita packs.…

However there is a difference between regular and diet coke. Regular coke is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup while diet coke is sweetened with artificial sweeteners (aspartame). Regular coke has more calories and a stronger taste than diet coke, while diet coke has less calories and taste more bland. However regular coke can cause weight loss while…

I am addicted to sugar as well! From the movie “The Price Of Sugar” and reading it is self evident that sugar consumption and production have resulted to numerous controversies. From the movie it illustrates the demand of sugar has led to slavery among the Haitians as and their attempts to voice out their suffering is constantly erased. The reading further illustrates controversies that sugar production has resulted to such as health issues as it results to diseases like diabetes and peptic…

In the lab, the purpose of it was to show how much carbon dioxide is released depending on what was with the yeast/what they could eat in the bag. Based on the lab results, it showed the purpose very well. In the lab, the bags that had sugar or cornstarch in them grew very big compared to the other bags filled with grass or just yeast. In bag A ( which had sugar with the yeast) there was a huge bubble that was 18 mm tall after 15 minutes. On the other hand, in bag D( with only yeast ) there was…

The unsweet truth is that in 1822, the average American consumed 45 grams of sugar every five days; we now consume this in just one can of soda. In 2012, Americans consumed 765 grams of sugar every five days, 17 times more than in 1822 (Nursing Your Sweet Tooth). Through lobbying and the use of propaganda, the food industry has been marketing junk food as health food, distorting facts, and deceiving the public as a means to increase sale and profits. At the same time, the obesity epidemic,…

Danica Schlome Grade 12W Life Orientation CAT Part A Activity 2: Visual Diary "Banting for Babies": Professor Tim Noakes Trial 1 "Banting for Babies" - Professor Tim Noakes Trial Banting is a high fat, low carbohydrate (LCHF) diet (Ketogenic Diet) that is named after William Banting. This diet has been made popular by Professor Tim Noakes and became the "nutrition hype" in South Africa in 2015. The aim of the diet is to break people's addictions to sugar, which they obtain from the…

I strongly believe that chocolate milk shouldn’t be served in schools. I believe this because there is too much sugar. Also, chocolate milk can lead to long and short term health problems. Jamie Oliver says that chocolate milk is liquid candy. Schools should be banned from serving chocolate milk. Ann Cooper, the head of nutrition services for the Boulder Valley School District in Louisville, Colorado says,“Chocolate milk is soda dressed up.” This is true because of the sugar content. In the…

Food is important to all life on Earth. Food is needed for energy, without energy there is no life. It also used in many cultures around the world, and brings all different people together, but if food is so important, why have we stopped caring about how our food is prepared? There are many different types of technology that have changed the food industry as a whole. Pasteurization, processing, factory farming, and genetically modified foods are a few ways the industry has been changed.…

It has also been noted that “rising rates of obesity paralleled an increase in sugar consumption.” HFCS are high fructose corn syrup and can be compared to poison in large servings for humans health. Sucrose is the typical “table sugar” which is a common household item. Most sugar comes from either sugar beets, corn, maple trees or even coconut. High-fructose corn syrup and sucrose according to the article, practically have equal amounts of both glucose and fructose. The article claims,…