High-fructose corn syrup

(AHA) patient without diabetes, 40 to 75 years of age with an estimated 10 year ASCVD risk greater or equals to 7.5 should be started on statin therapy (Lambert, 2014). This patient had ASCVD risk of 21.3% and should have been started on moderate or high statin therapy. Atorvastatin 10mg is the moderate statin therapy. In addition, atorvastatin and simvastatin are the only statins that can reduce serum uric acid levels (Derosa, Maffioli, Reiner, Simental-Mendía & Sahebkar, 2016). I should have…

How Honey is Made Everyone knows where honey comes from, but what many people are not aware of is the process of how it is made. Bees are responsible for making this thick, golden liquid using the nectar from flowers. Nectar is a sugary substance that bees extract from flowers using their long tongues. The nectar is then stored in what is called their extra stomach. In their stomach, the nectar mixes around with enzymes that transform the nectar into a substance that is able to last longer in…

Last and possibly most importantly, most fast food menu items contain a high amount of sugar, often in the form of high fructose corn syrup. Evidence is (re)emerging that suggests sugar could be the true cause of the obesity epidemic and many of the obesity-related health problems. Fast food, soft drinks and candy are often painted as the driving forces…

MAIN POINT - Junk food contains a lot of artificial food additives 1. Junk food contains a lot of food coloring, emulsifiers, preservatives and flavour enhancer like MSG or monosodium glutamate, benzoic acid, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) which highly toxic ingredient that pose serious health hazards. 2. These kind of things commonly found in our food consumption such as coffee creamers, sugar substitutes, and candies consist almost completely of artificial ingredients…

deaths. Obesity spreads like a wildfire in this day and age because of the advances humans have made in the meat and food production process. People can now get food this faster than ever before, but of course, this comes with a heavy consequence. The high demands of food have led to the production of very unhealthy and almost artificially made food in order to make money by spending less. In result, the food industries have a lot of responsibility for playing a key role in not only America but…

Do you actually know where your food comes from? Your basic fruits and vegetables and meat does not automatically land in your lap or into the downtown supermarkets from just nowhere. As you would have guessed many of your fruits, vegetables, meats and grains come from hundreds of exports from many countries around the world. In the United States, to different types of agriculture and climate, it is hard to produce the hundreds of different food items that the world has introduced to the world.…

fats and additives – Avoid foods that contain saturated fats and Trans fats. Consuming Trans fats and saturated fats can increase the bad cholesterol in the body and increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Foods that are deep fried or have a high content of sugar are the ones that come under the category of Trans fats. There are certain oils that you need to avoid since they are highly processed. These are soybean oil and canola oil. In addition to the above, foods that contain…

In 1866 the curiosity of a pharmacist from the state of Atlanta, Dr. John S. Pemberton led to him creating a distinctive taste. The taste was so distinctive that it was in question for it to be sold in soda fountains. Dr. Pemberton then took his distinctive taste to a very good friend of his, Frank M. Robinson which was also a pharmacist. They both added carbonated water and sampled the drink to get reviews back on their work. When watching the people from the community gives good reviews on…

Hunting and Gathering, the good, the bad, and the ugly. We all have our favorite foods, likely a McDonald’s Big Mac Burger, or perhaps, Subways Original Sub. But have you ever wondered, what’s in the food you eat? Or where it came from? If it’s even real food? My guess is, no. No, because, truth is, we don’t want to know. We don’t want to know, that by eating the food we do, we’re the very people causing pollution. We don’t want to know, that the animal who gave its life so you could enjoy your…

are becoming more addictive with every generation: “. . .fast food is addictive due to the immense amount of sugar, fat, and salt packed into each greasy serving. . . these ingredients often come highly processed in fast food in the form of high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils [which] contribute to weight gain and leads to increased bad cholesterol”(Cardiff). All the more terrifying is that so many obese Canadians are in denial. While fifty-one per cent are…