Comments on: Don’t Be Stupid, Particularly About Food

By: El Gray

El Gray — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:07:44 +0000

Here are some more SUPER SWEET facts about HFCS:

http://www.truechristian.com/kidzcornsyrup.html

By: Brittany

Brittany — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:35:43 +0000

Thank you!

My boyfriend and I were at the grocery store today and all of the sudden he goes, ‘You know, I was watching the Food Network today and they said High Fructose Corn Syrup isn’t bad for you, they said it is the same as sugar and the same amount is needed as they would need sugar to make food.’ He said this because I was the one who enlightened him about how many products contain HFCS and the dangers it poses.

I pretty much just stared at him for a moment and said, ‘Really… Well I’m not conditioned to believe everything I hear. Do you know how they MAKE HFCS? There is no way it can be good for you.’ And that was pretty much that… until I hopped on the internet…

After web surfing for about an hour an ad happened to catch my eye for SweetSurprise.com… so I decided to pay a visit to the bastards I figured were responsible for feeding my boyfriend misinformation. It was no big surprise to me to find that the Corn Refiners Association was behind it. Got me pretty riled up. So I was doing my research and going to go on a little mini rant (And show my boyfriend how they had tried to dupe him) and I found your article on all this.

I’m going to give it a nod in StumbleUpon and probably link to you in my own little blurb about it ^_^

Now that I watch that ad, and the others referred to by youtube, I am REALLY offended. Especially how they portray people who try to explain to others why HFCS are bad as being uneducated and looking for something to lord over other people. Honestly, I have never said to someone ‘You must not love me’ or ‘You must not love your kids’ for feeding them HFCS, I might be like ‘Hey, that could be BAD for you/your kids next time you should look for something else.’

But thank you for the informative and entertaining article ^_^

By: Sally Parrott Ashbrook

Sally Parrott Ashbrook — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:27:01 +0000

Wow, what an offensive ad. If it’s extremely difficult for you to make high fructose corn syrup in your home kitchen, it’s probably not a healthy product. Hell, let’s cut back on sugar and honey, too, but let’s definitely cut out the HFCS.

For me personally, I’ve noticed that HFCS raises and drops my blood sugar like little else. And it’s typically found in food that are otherwise bad for you, anyway.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:36:01 +0000

It is all becoming Idiocracy.

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:32:40 +0000

Sadly I think this ad will be effective (to the uneducated) because doesn’t the telly always tell us the truth? People are dumb and they know it.

By: scyllacat

scyllacat — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:32:25 +0000

Urk. Let me finish that guy’s sentence. HFCS has been significantly linked with the rise in the incidence of adult diabetes. There’s more, but it’s late. Would you like research, or would you just like to accept that HFCS is the partially hydrogenated oil of the sugar industry?

By: JeniQ

JeniQ — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:55:10 +0000

Why do you think “low-fat” salad dressing taste good, people? Filled to the brim with sugar!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:52:56 +0000

Also speaking of children, don't miss the other commercial that assures you that HFCS is perfectly fine for your kids as well.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:46:40 +0000

Yeah, I’m offended because it’s got a woman, telling a dude, that it’s OK to eat HFCS (women are the arbiters of what most people eat, btw), in that voice that seems to be reserved for children.

Uh, no. HFCS is, when you think about it, really, really gross. No thank you. Keep your nasty popsicle.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:52:08 +0000

Wow…I’m offended by that commercial somehow.