Corn syrup

and the organization periodically faces huge difficulties in getting to this specific raw material. Coca-Cola utilizes high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) widely and this raw material is obtained from…

Consuming too much sugar has downfalls, which involves more than extra calorie intake. As society has added sugars to foods, beyond the recommended daily intake, people have developed sugar-addiction. Researchers have identified these sugar-addictions. As an addict, there are signs that can help determine if there is a sugar-addiction. Unfortunately, there are hidden sugars that even someone trying to eat healthy may not be aware. There is a reason why we call them hidden sugars, on food labels…

increased of fuel less foods. Pollen states, “There are hundreds of things you can make from excess corn—alcohol, ethanol for cars, chicken nuggets, emulsifiers for the food processing industry—and the all time “biggie”, which deserves a whole page of its own, high fructose corn syrup” (Fast Food Causes Obesity). Also Pollen says, “..filling your plate with corn, corn by-products and animals fed a high corn diet—a process which increases saturated fat content and negatively impacts the omega…

Genetically Modified Society The average American consumes about “193 pounds of genetically engineered food in a 12-month period. The typical American adult weighs 179 pounds.” (Sharp). Which means on average we are consuming our weight and some in GMO’s. What are GMO’s? A GMO is an organism whose genome has been altered by the techniques of genetic engineering so that its DNA contains one or more genes not normally found there. The problem society is facing is not knowing that they are…

Sorghum flour is naturally gluten free and is milled from sorghum grain, a genus of numerous species of grasses which is a drought and heat tolerant cereal grain that grows tall like corn. It is sometimes called milo and in India it is also known as jowar. Sorghum is an ancient grain and it has been consumed for thousands of years. Traditionally, sorghum is used for human food in Africa, India, and in some other parts of the world. Because sorghum is an incomplete source of protein lysine, an…

may cause an allergic reaction are; fish, eggs, and wheat. Food additives are the chemicals that keep food fresh, enhance their color, flavor and/or texture to preserve its self-life. Food additives consist of artificial sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup, monosodium glutamate (MSG), trans fat and common food dyes. The common food dyes are; Blue #1and Blue #2, Red dye #3 and Red #40, Yellow #6 and Tartrazine, sodium sulfite, sodium nitrate/nitrite, Butylated hydroxyanisole, butylated…

people from drinking sugary sport drinks and sweetened fruit juices. The ban will still make sense even though it doesn’t include diet sodas and fruit juices. Fruit juice is healthier for you than soda because it has more juice than high fructose corn syrup. If we start the soda ban then we can help people to have self-control because it will make people stop putting chemicals in their bodies where they think they need…

One of the greatest issues in the United States and society is Obesity, which has increased throughout time according to the Health Americans website. This issue has not been given the importance that it deserves as an “epidemic” that kills and causes great impact on a person’s health. The average individual in society has never really payed attention to what they consume. Our society has been engulfed in an unquenchable desire for food, whether healthy or not, processed or unprocessed. Society…

On January 19, 2011, Taco Bell was served a lawsuit, from a law firm, accusing the restaurant chain of using a mixture for taco’s that did not contain enough beef to meet USDA requirements to call the meat ground beef (Roper, Samikkannu & O’Rourke, 2012). The law firm alleged that the restaurant chain was using more filler than beef for tacos and therefore be labeled as taco meat filling. The lawsuit further claimed that seasoning for the beef were misrepresented, when in fact they were not…

FATS: Fats are one of the three macronutrients of our body, in which the other two are carbohydrate and protein. The function of fat is to transport nutrients throughout the body, supply energy and essential fatty acids, insulate the body for heat and provide protection for the body from external bruising or injuries. There are three types of, two of which, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats increase the good cholesterol (HDL). The third, saturated fats, raises bad cholesterol (LDL). Fat…