High-fructose corn syrup

refers to many other types of sugars, too, including, fructose, galactose, glucose, lactose, maltose, and sucrose (the table sugar mentioned above). These sugars are found naturally in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products and in such foods as honey, molasses, and maple syrup. Sugars also are extracted from their sources to produce ingredients such as table sugar. This can include sugars from corn such as corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup as well as the sources for table sugar such as…

My personal view is on the amounts of corn that is in our food because corn is being used as a sweetener. Also it’s in everything. Nearly 10 percent of the calories Americans consume now come from corn sweeteners, the figure is 20 percent for many children. According to Michael Pollan, manufacturers have switched from sugar to corn sweeteners to put in their foods. My call to action would be to lower the production of corn and to become more responsible consumers on the foods we eat. If we don’t…

Origins of Corn Corn is in everything ethanol fuel, breads, oils, livestock feed, popcorn, and the infamous high-fructose corn syrup. There have been so many advances that corn has helped create such as fuel that is better for the ecosystem and cheap feed for livestock. In addition to advances, corn has also started many traditions like the making of tamales. Corn also played a large role for food was also the biggest source of food for people in South America. However, even knowing all this…

In her article “Is Sugar Really THAT Bad For Us?” Jordanna Levin addresses the negative effects of fructose, including weight gain, a risk of type 2 diabetes, and sugar addiction. The article took a negative stance on sugar as in “Sugar is poison” and “Sugar is killing us” (Levin, 2017). Published on a website called “I Quit Sugar”, the article aims to persuade people to completely eliminate sugar from their diet with the help of their “I Quit Sugar 8-Weeks Program”. However, the article is…

Each year more than 35 million people die from non-infectious diseases. In a recent report, The World Health Organization targeted tobacco, alcohol, and diet as the most significant risk factors in the development of non-communicable illness. Of the three, smoking and alcohol consumption are tightly regulated by government agencies around the world to protect public health; which means that one of the most important contributing factors to a growing worldwide health crisis remains uncontrolled.…

side effects are from using artificial sweeteners. Like all chemicals and drugs ingested into the body there are potential side effects. High fructose corn syrup, too, is undesirable in large amounts in your diet, but if you don't want to take the above mentioned chemical sugar alternatives, and you don't want to pile on the sugar or high fructose corn syrup when your sweet tooth hits, what's the alternative? One great alternative to either sugar or chemical sweeteners is honey. Honey is…

between this molecules. Starch processing is used to convert starch originating from maize, wheat or potatoes into disaccharides or monosaccharides. A very big area of operation is the production of High Fructose Corn Syrup (High Fructose Corn Syrup). Three different enzymes are used in the processing of corn to the HFCS end product. The first step in HFCS production, which involves an enzyme, is liquefaction. The used enzyme is an alpha-amylase. The purpose of this enzyme is to convert the…

thusly: carbonated water (water that has had carbon dioxide gas has been dissolved), high fructose corn syrup (a corn-derived sweetener), citric acid (an organic acid that is used as a flavoring agent), natural flavors (flavors that are not chemically-derived, but obtained from plants and animals), sodium citrate (sodium salt of citric acid) , sodium benzoate (preservative). Some of these, such as high fructose corn syrup, have become infamous for their negative health effects. Most of the…

usually high in sugar and high fructose corn syrup, are ‘hyper rewarding’ and lead to overconsumption, they contain all sorts of artificial ingredients, people can literally become addicted to processed junk food, processed foods are often high in refined carbohydrates, low in nutrients, low in fiber, high in trans fats or processed vegetable oils, and it requires less energy and time to digest processed foods” are the nine other reasons that Gunnars lists. The sugar and high fructose corn syrup…

In Colquhoun’s 2012 Hungry for Change the main argument is that the food industry is feeding us food-like products that are low in nutritional value but high in calories. In order to gain the proper amount of nutrients we consume a high amount of calories and gain fat. The film begins with exposing the additives the food industry puts in our foods, then they move into the topic of the deception of the food labels, and then speak about how diets are useless and what to do instead of diet. The…