High-fructose corn syrup

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,…

Corn is fundamental to many diets it is used in the morning and is the first thing that many people eat in the form of cereal. Corn can be seen as engrained in certain activities and events such as BBQs, where it is consumed on the cob and when going to the movie theatre through popcorn which is another form of corn that expands from the kernel as pressure builds it puffs up when heated. It is also part of cultural foods, Mexican food is majorly made of corn that are used in various ways such as…

Probably some of the most pleasing and enjoying things to children or people in general has to do with sweets. In the life of a child one will likely to get a birthday at a certain point and with a parent’s idea, they will like to get their children cake because cake represents a special event. Going out with parent as a child could represent a time whereby one get to eat sweets like ice-cream which contain sugar. During Thanksgiving or Hallowing it turns in to a night where children do go…

It uses high fructose corn syrup and/or cane sugar as a sweetener (It lists both on the label, which usually means that it uses whatever is cheapest on the world market at the time of bottling. Listing both also means that they don't have to change their labeling every time…

Most of us have had the chance to taste a nice cold, sweet, bubbly sensation in our mouths from soda. There is no denying it’s taste is addictive and refreshing, but at what cost? There is a lot of controversy around the subject of soda and it’s effects, and if it should be taxed or not. This essay will explore if a tax on soft drinks is warranted. It would need to be efficient, fair and effective. This report will look at how these criteria can be met, and how taxing soft drinks have an effect…

High fructose corn syrup was first introduced in the United States, in the 1960s. Due to cheap corn prices in the 1970s, high fructose corn syrup was inexpensively made, and its use became widespread in the US food supply. By 1985, 35% of the food supply was being sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, mainly because it was cheaper to produce than glucose based sweeteners that were used previously. When high fructose corn syrup was being used in the food supply…

HFCS, aka high fructose corn syrup, poses as either the savior or the destroyer here and it’s because of it’s properties. High debates have been buzzing in the air for a while to whether or not HFCS should be either banned from our food supplies or leave it and just keep it. Well, where does HFCS come from anyway? HFCS originally comes from corn starch. When starch is broken down into its individual pieces (molecules), the result becomes corn syrup glucose (that’s 100% glucose). From there,…

sizably voluminous factories with brutal conditions. The system is skewed towards unhealthy foods, which leads to obesity as well as type 2 diabetes. Nobody is stopping that as well as the corn production, Corn is in all types of food. Therefore, corn has conquered the world in a way, such high fructose corn syrup, giving the flavor and feels to our mouths that humans enjoy. Finally big corporations such as Monsanto are the ones who own the soybean crop which is to be a terminating seed, so…

government states there is nothing wrong with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (n.d.) then , what was wrong with me? Oh yes, how did I get on a healthier path when I eliminated it from my diet? I believe that high fructose corn syrup should be banned. I diagnosed with a nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFL) and was on the border of becoming a diabetic. That was two years ago. I went on a strict regimen of no high fructose. I do not mean just giving up…

In The Consumer A Republic of Fat, Michael Pollan talks about how today’s addiction to corn syrup is comparable to the national drinking binge of the nineteenth century. Despite the fact he did not connect the two topics as well as he could have, Pollan did a great job of expressing his opinions and giving a factual and emotional appeal to his audience. He gave an emotional appeal by using present day problems that affect Americans, and a factual appeal by using real events that have happened.…