High-fructose corn syrup

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…

a big epidemic of children getting too many calories in a day but barely meeting their nutritional needs. This could lead to obesity and obesity can cause Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. In the documentary Food Stamped a resident who lives in a high crime poor neighborhood says more people die of heart disease than getting killed by someone. In my opinion, that sounds…

poultry intake and, more specifically, the individual barriers the cooperation will face throughout this 10-year transition. Esterbrook, who owes his success to the introduction of All-Day Breakfast options, purging the hamburger buns of high fructose corn syrup, and ending the use of many key antibiotics in the corporation's meat products, is striving to cater to the buzz words generated by today’s society such as “organic” and “cage free”. This transition to environmentally conscious products…

Eggs have too much cholesterol, high fructose corn syrup is worse than sugar, gluten-free diets treat autism, frozen fruits aren’t as nutritious as fresh fruits. I have heard these allegations tossed around as if they are self-evident. Yet, these are all completely baseless claims; claims that…

clot out our bloodstream. In the documentary Gameau proves that honey, castor sugar, and high fructose corn syrup all have the same effects and can all cause diabetes. One point Gameau explains is that if we cut out sugar everything in our body becomes healthy again. In 1973 he went to a town who do not consume processed foods including: Coca-Cola, Ice Cream, Processed deli meats, etc... As time went on many high processed foods came into the area and to the people who didn’t have any…

The movie Food Inc., released in 2008 criticizes the current methods of food cultivation and processing, especially in the American food industry, for being insensitive to the safety of consumers. The documentary, directed by Robert Kenner Oscar also touches on how other factors such as the income of consumers affect what they eat and the inverse relationship between the profit of food producers and food safety. Kenner starts his movie by tracing the changes in the structure of the food…

Cows are not genetically built to digest anything other than grass, so feeding them corn can only lead to negative consequences. The result was the formation of a highly toxic germ titled E. coli 0157-H. Which began to spread very easily, as cows were kept in clean, sanitized places. Cows were cramped inside barns, standing knee high in manure day in and day out. To make matters worse, when they were transported to the slaughterhouse they were not cleaned,…

The article continues to define these negative effects as results of the artificial food colorings, flavors, and sweeteners, alongside the high concentrations of MSG and citric acid. These ingredients are believed to cause disruptive behaviors such as aggression, ADHD, lack of focus, and even abnormal brain…

“The US Department of Agriculture estimates that 90 percent of US soybeans, sugar beets, and corn is genetically modified, and food ingredients made from those crops—such as high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, soy lecithin, and corn starch—are found in most processed and packaged foods, sodas, and cereals. Corn is also a staple for animal feed, so most US-grown meat is raised on a diet of genetically modified grain as well. By many estimates, 80 percent…

Childhood Obesity in America: Blame Fast-Food! Throughout the United States, the young people of America are among the portion of the increasing rate of various health effects. A diverse amount of children is affected by an assortment of health issues which are caused by a lack of physical activity and a nutritious diet. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Obesity now affects 1 in 6 children and adolescents in the United States” (“Childhood Overweight,” 2015).…