Fructose

processed or passed through food animals before it reaches us.” Despite Pollan’s warnings, a little high fructose corn syrup isn’t deadly, in response to Pollan, Kate Kilpatrick states, “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 34% of Americans 20 years of age and older were considered obese in 2008. Is this statistic disturbing? Absolutely, however the use of high fructose corn syrup is not to blame. While it is certainly made almost too accessible by the soft drink and…

grams of 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…

that the reason America began being unhealthy was because of the fact that America embraced overproduction of food. Although the most of the food produced with corn syrup are good and cheaper, it is unhealthy. In America 17.5 billion pounds of high fructose corn syrup is being…

found in many processed food, such as ketchup, salad dressings, yogurt, cereals and sweetened beverages. People should be very careful because many of these products in the supermarket claim to be sugar free, but the truth is they are full of High Fructose Corn Syrup which is as harmful as sugar. Studies have proven that sugar intake in any form, especially HFCS, is the main cause of obesity and diabetes. In addition, there is a reason why processed food has become so popular in the last…

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.…

When you see dextrose, soy lecithin, or high fructose corn syrup on a package of non-organic food, the food probably contains GMOs. GMOs are genetically modified organisms whose genes have been altered by some techniques of genetic engineering so, then the DNA contains one or more genes that are not normally found there from the beginning. When they are extracted and artificially forced into the genes of an unrelated plant or animal. The foreign genes may come from a bacteria, virus, insect,…

in my essay. I talked about how the Arizona tea print “100% natural” labels on their products but in fact they contain high fructose corn syrup and citric acid. In the video, the guy questions a box of cereals which is funny but have deep meaning behind it. He questions about why the box show 100% natural but when he look at the ingredient. The products contains high fructose corn syrup. It is really similar with my example in my…

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, but in ketchup and mustard, the breads and cereals, the relishes and crackers, and hot dogs and hams,” (page 79). This shows how so many products use this new fructose in the ingredients. It helps lower…

Diet has become one of the most employed methods to moderate a persons size. In addition a low carbohydrate diet. The Atkins diet is a low carb diet formulated by Dr. Robert Atkins who was an American physician and cardiologist. This Atkins diet was based on a diet which was issued in the Journal of American Medical Association which Dr. Atkins himself engaged to handle his obesity. The Atkins diet which is more officially known as Atkins Nutritional Approach counterbalanced the immediate…

shares with us is that “up to half of the extra calories people are eating today compared to the 1970s are from soda [soft drinks].” Smith reveals even though the government is supposed to work against fast food they are encouraging addictive (high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated vegetable oils.) Eventually water will become scarce to hydrate corn, wheat, and soy crops if the government…