Response To High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) Commercials

[kidnkorner]

I read more than a few publications that HFCS suppresses leptin, a hormone that regulates energy intake and expenditure, appetite and metabolic rate. I don;t think sugar does that. Has anyone ever measure insulin response and blood sugar level when compared head to head? Everyone reacts differently but on average the HFCS causes greater spike in insulin with high blood sugar levels.

That's all I needed to know to avoid the stuff.

[gullette777]

you forgot to mention the mercury thats in there from cos-tic soda

[RLore18]

You should also look into the invention of margerine. It's not actually food, it's just plastic. And the first testing of it as a replacement fattener for butter killed all the foul they were raising for poultry.

[teheskEMO]

Whoa, seems someone didn't spend enough time in Chemistry and Biology class. If I remember correctly, you described how they make HFCS, Which is they make corn starch, then from that make corn syrup, extract glucose, and add enzymes to make it fructose. Now, where in that is there any Synthetic Ingredients added? The Enzymes? Well, I think not, seeing as the enzymes exist within the human body to do this very same thing, convert sugars. So, where is it Synthetic again?

[GusBulltamer]

@teheskEMO Ok- you're right...it's really good for you. you can have mine.

[NRen2k5]

@GusBulltamer I love how you have this crazy false dichotomy: Either it's bad for you or good for you.

Uh, no. How about HFCS is bad for you, but only about as much as any other sugar?

[xdyingfetusx69]

@teheskEMO Regardless it is syntehsized and your body can't properly break down HFCS and just makes you fat unhealthy, and prob causes cancer... not to mention they poison it with mercury... so go ahead glug that shit down!

[NRen2k5]

Am I the only one who sees the hypocrisy in railing against the commercial and countering it with a load of propaganda of your own?

[footboydl]

@NRen2k5 Yes, you are.

[NRen2k5]

@footboydl Sad, really sad.

[forbrigiana]

good video

[niceboar]

I'd love some ethanol in my glass right now! I do plan on "eating" it soon.

[AllegroFan]

Also ... listen to the accent, folks ... it is pronounced O-BEE-sity in the US, and O-bess-ity in the rest of the English-speaking world.

[AllegroFan]

I favorited this a year ago ... came back to see the comments. Wow ... some folks make the marketing people's job SO easy for them.

Of course ethanol is in all alcohol ... BUT ... I really don't recommend bellying up to the "E-80" bar unless you want a trip to the emergency room. That was the point.

Likewise avoid serving corn-based plastic as food. The point is that "made from corn" does NOT automatically equal safe and good for you.

[christangrez]

I loved her attitude, people need it!! They are so stubborn they won't listen to anything else. Way to go girl!!

[jcvjcvjcvjcv]

It's not cheaper to produce HFCS than sugar. It's just that the HFCS companies got the US government to place a import tariff on sugar. Producing sugar in the USA is more expensive than producing HFCS in the USA. But sugar from Brazil is cheaper than HFCS from the USA.

Oh, producing Ethanol from sugar is also much more efficiently btw. That's the reason the Brazilians got it right with their biofuel economy without increasing foodprices absurdly.

[renc2000]

Who wants to petition to sue HFCS companies for contributing to obesity and other health problems and for making TONS and TONS of money from it, raise your hands?

(just throwing the idea out there.... They're multi billionaires, but a massive class action law suit would scare those corporations shitless :D:D:D:D )

[Sylderon]

@renc2000 I suppose it would, yes...especially if you were able to conclusively prove causation or negligence, which I very highly doubt.

[renc2000]

@Sylderon

It isn't that hard to find the ills of HFCS. Educate yourself, friend. There have been plenty of studies (that have been brushed under the rug) that prove unequivocal "causation" executed by HFCS companies and their little formula.

Strychnine poison in small doses won't kill people immediately. Yet at one time, it was literally used in cathartic pills!? HFCS is so ubiquitous it isn't even funny.

For sake of argument, always remember this: Don't ever trust human will.

[Sylderon]

@renc2000 Well, if you could provide me with some evidence, I would be more than happy to look at it. However, I haven't heard of any evidence to demonstrate that HFCS is any more dangerous than any other form of sugar. And your reasoning strikes me as rather faulty. I could also say that morphine in small doses doesn't kill people, and it's still used as an analgesic; what's your point? And as far as human will, you're right, I shouldn't trust it. Just as I don't trust claims without evidence.

[renc2000]

@Sylderon

Don't take my word for it, buddy. I could write you a few paragraphs to convince you, but you already have your mind made up, don't you? On the related videos area above, click on the video: "High-Fructose Corn Syrup Truth, Still Not Sexy,.". Listen to the doctor himself. Processed foods ARE NOT GOOD. Im not a proponent of table sugar either. I use pure Stevia.

You support HFCS because it's cheap. But when something is cheap, this doesn't mean its good for you.

[NRen2k5]

Sure, HFCS is bad, but it isn't much worse than any other sugar.

Frustratingly, the exact people who call the HFCS commercials propaganda are spreading worse propaganda of their own.

[footboydl]

@NRen2k5 Wrong on both counts. If you want to consume that poison, feel free to, but don't try to poison others in the process.

[NRen2k5]

@footboydl Prove to me that it's poison, cocksucker.

[footboydl]

@NRen2k5 First off, don't call me a cocksucker you ignorant asswipe. Second, I don't have to prove anything. Just keep eating and drinking it since you love it so much that you feel the need to defend it and be a dickhead in doing so. You'll see your own proof. And I'll sit back and laugh.

[NRen2k5]

@footboydl No, you don't have to prove anything. Nobody has to take you seriously after all. I love how it's somehow fine for you to bullshit and I'm a dickhead for calling you on it. You're living in a fucking fantasy world!

[footboydl]

@NRen2k5 Lots of people take this issue seriously. There is proof all around you. All you need do is open your eyes. There's a plethora of research on this subject. Stop being the Corn Refiners Association's bitch and wake up to reality. Living in a "fucking fantasy world" means ignoring the facts and supporting the side of evil out of ignorance or perhaps because you have some financial interest in this poisonous crap.

[NRen2k5]

@footboydl Sure lots of people take the issue seriously, but that doesn't mean they know what they're talking about. If "all I need to do is open my eyes" then why are you avoiding even trying to explain it to me?

I know a few facts about HFCS:

- I've heard about the mercury contamination - but then I also know it's not a huge problem.

- I've heard about the liver damage, but then I also know that only 30% of the population is susceptible to it and honey could do the exact same thing.

So yeah.

[renc2000]

@Sylderon

You're comparing apples to oranges. Morphine is powerfully addictive and HFCS isn't. I was on that junk for a while for a knee injury (it's like one property away from heroin.) Morphine is also not at all as accessible like HFCS is. We have HFCS on tap!! Strychnine was at one time very accesible in certain drugs until we realized how dangerous it is and banned it.

Look up the "Weston Price foundation". They've done exclusive studies about processed foods.

[ravenwolf]

@renc

Eh, while it might help make a difference, it's an awful addition to the mass of stupid lawsuits in America. It is, in the end, people's choice whether or not to eat or drink things with HFCS, so while corporations should be ashamed of themselves, I don't think it's a legal issue.

[renc2000]

@ravenwolf

When there is perceived complicity on a mass corporate entity that so happens to be adversely effecting our health while raking in millions of millions of dollars? Yeah, I certainly believe there is wiggle room for a class action. People have sued for much much less infractions and for much dumber reasons and won (ahem: Mcdonalds hot coffee case).

Unfortuantely, there's just way too many trusting people like you who don't believe that HFCS is a bad thing. That's a crying shame too.

[ravenwolf]

Oh, don't get me wrong; I think HFCS is awful. I just don't understand why there should be a lawsuit if it's not illegal. Just because there have been dumbER cases, it doesn't mean this one is RIGHT. It seems to me that it would be the more logical course of action (though it certainly would be exceedingly difficult,) to make it illegal. At least cut import taxes on real sugar to keep companies from WANTING to use it.

[renc2000]

@ravenwolf

I'm an average person aruging this case with limited space on here. You don't think some crafty lawyers could prove something in a court of law? Or to a lesser extent, a civil court?

You know, I doubt anyone will keep the "stupids" from ingesting HFCS. So by all means, keep sucking it down. What I don't like is how MANY products they're using it in. I'll tell you what I told Sylderon, look up the video in the right panel called "High-Fructose Corn Syrup Truth, Still Not Sexy,.".

[edmoil12]

lol at 0:27. "...and ethanol to fuel your cars and trucks; planning on eating any of those anytime soon?" Obviously the maker of this video doesn't know that ethanol is the alcohol in beer, wine, or any other alcoholic beverage.

[Sylderon]

@edmoil12 That's because brewing is an artificial process, and is therefore evil.

[aredditor]

She really shouldn't masquerade as an informed person.

[nomadicsky]

Yeah its every where.

Those commercials actually made me research it.

[quixoto]

Well she's completely right about everything but her tone totally makes me hate her.

[metsnbucks89]

i concur

[cookiesnmilk1]

yeah i agree with everything she says I hate HFCS but i hate her smug attitude lol

[iforget]

WIN!!! :D

[FusionZero13]

I applaud your efforts to stop the insanity, Bev.

Someone needs to have this launched as a counter ad on TV where some people can be enlightened.

[letsalldropdead]

kudos to you, awesome internet lady.

[couerdalene]

eat like a pig....look and feel like a pig

[Isaidsohaha]

It's in every freakin food I'm coming across, now there's nothing to eat..errrh

[couerdalene]

eat whole foods...fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts.

[KCCAT5]

in 20 yrs we will find out just how toxic this stuff is/was

[stevenmccann]

I have to say, without getting too bogged down in the science behind the argument, I would have to take issue with "Bev" when she says that the "big food and beverage corporations" are making a shift to HFCS in order to be "more profitable". I think it would probably be more accurate to say that they use the cheaper option to be more competitive and to have lower costs, thereby producing a cheaper product at shelf price. The "big corporation" line is a bit hackneyed in my opinion...

[wattaaa]

Human blood can only contain 36 grams of sugar on average. Any source of glucose spiking whether it's "evaporated cane juice" or HFCS is bad for you.

Insulin triggers in general are poison for your liver and pancreas, and should be avoided.

[lionatepierre]

Interesting argument. I agree that "moderation" of high fructose corn syrup is pretty much impossible given that it's in so many consumer products now.

Two things I make note of: She pronounced "obesity" as "oh-BESS-i-tee", which just make me laugh a little.

Second: The one thing I like about this pro-HFCS ads is that they make fun of those idiotic pseudo-intellectuals who flame HFCS without at least doin' a little research on the topic.

[hotjamz5]

Its just as possible as moderation of any other sugar. There are sodas with HFCS and sodas with evap. cane juice. Either way its sugar water.

[hotjamz5]

ask yourself, how much HFCS have you consumed today? K sure start shopping at whole foods and avoid it completely, lets see how amazingly quick you get in shape now that you've replaced the 40 grams of HFCS in pop tarts with 40 grams organic evaporated cane juice in your organic pastries. Always find something to blame your fat on

[hotjamz5]

WHAT A STUPID BITCH. Her premise is that since it's made from corn you shouldn't eat it because things you can't eat are made from corn? What about corn itself you dumbass? Idiots should've stayed in school.

[GusBulltamer]

You are either watching a different video or an idiot. That's not her premise at all. Her point is that by the time HFCS is turned into "food", it's barely corn anymore.

[hotjamz5]

no shit its not corn, its now SUGAR. It's 55/45 fructose/glucose instead of 50/50. Not a single study gives a physiological reason for why this is bad. One person tries to say the body metabolizes HFCS. Who is this person? A journalist.

A study in mice says FRUCTOSE may inhibit feeling full. So?

Another study notices HFCS use is correlated with obesity. Hmm...or MAYBE ITS JUST THE FACT THAT WE STARTED CONSUMING WAY MORE SHIT IN GENERAL AT THAT TIME?

[lionatepierre]

Wow. Wow. Did you even watch that first part of the video?

[Anahita61]

And don't forget that it contains MERCURY!

[Str8jacketgirl]

Haha... we have a conspiracy on our hands then, don't we?

[crazygreeknick]

I'm not sure about Holistic Medicine, but HFCS is bullshit.

[AcaiBerryMONAVIE]

TOBACCO is good for your LUNGS

[AcaiBerryMONAVIE]

it's HIGH FUCKTOSE CORN CUM

[toastie112]

These commercials make me sick. Even aside from the fact that it's a load of crap (for all of the reasons stated in your video), these commercials are so unnecessary! Like the Corn Refiners Association doesn't make enough money already? Are they trying to get more people to eat more of their nasty product? How is that necessary? When they say fine in moderation, what they really want is for people to just eat it whenever b/c they know there is no such thing as moderation when it is in EVERYTHING

[thinker900]

Weird how you say that corn also is in Plastics,etc. Question: If the stalk and the roots are "bad" for us then isn't corn it self just as dangerous? The same chemicals the came from the roots to the stalk of the corn plant eventually are injected into the seeds we eat correct. Then should we not stop eating corn, because if I'm getting this straight we may have been eating "plastics" way before the use of High Fructose Corn Syrup. Not that I don't believe you just curious.

[Defions]

The point she was trying to make was that you can take something natural and healthy and, through processing, completely alter the chemical structure and composition into something inedible or otherwise dangerous and still make the claim that it is "Made from Corn." Essentially, yes, HFCS is made from Corn. That is a claim they can make, but so is ethanol and so is plastic. So why doesn't Hasbro come out with a commercial saying: "Once you take out the toy, eat the box! It is made from corn!"

[thinker900]

I get that part(thanks for reminding me)already. But my point was that Corn Syrup as a "cheaper" sweetener. Does cheaper mean that it's not just as good? NO! That would be like saying Artifical Honey is also bad or white bleached sugar is bad as well. What are we to use in place of them? Not all of us are herbalists and have a index of alternative sweetners! Quite frankly, I don't think she really cares about our well being either,just her holistic herbs. It all comes down to business not feelin

[Defions]

It's really not accurate to say HFCS is "just as good" as sucrose, the processed table sugar. It would be more accurate to say it is just as bad, and then some, and yes cheaper too. And it is pretty obvious what you can use instead, really. In place of artifical honey, use honey, and in place of processed sugars like Sucrose and HFCS, use natural fructose or other things. But because HFCS is cheaper, big business prefers to use them and then tell us all the bad things we hear about them are lies

[fundip43]

obesity is how u spell it.I was making fun of u ha ha ha nice video very informative.

[fundip43]

in lighten me whats obassity

[AcaiBerryMONAVIE]

OBASSITY is a disease which government such as Bush wrecks American and all those oil and corn cronies suck SATAN'S COCK. END OF story

[sonofmurchy]

The real underlying culprit is fructose, regardless of whether it is from sucrose (table sugar) or HFCS. Your average table sugar from cane and beets is one molecule glucose (used by the brain and cells) and one molecule fructose (basically turned straight into body fat). HFCS-55 is comparable with sucrose with 55% fructose and 45% glucose. I'm not saying HFCS is in any way good, but the real problem lies in the ridiculous overconsumption of fructose in most diests not simply HFCS.

[greekperson0305]

Well, I was going to write about this but I think your video did my job for me. =P

[AllegroFan]

There is an excellent article on the subject of corn in our diets in US News

YouTube doesn't like people posting links so ... go to usnewsDOTcom and search for

"health reasons to cut back on corn consumption"

Excerpt:

"Pop quiz: Which of the following contains ingredients derived from corn? (a) Kellogg's Corn Flakes; (b) Pepsi; (c) Smucker's jam; (d) a McDonald's Big Mac; or (e) Wonder Bread. Answer: all of them. And then some."

[iminurtube]

this video isnt any worse than the commercial. you just explain how its made and say its bad, but you dont give any reasons its bad, beyond the same reasons that sugar is bad. because its in every food isnt an excuse. if there wasnt HFCS, foods would have sugar instead giving us the same obesity and diabeties problems. i work at a place that removed HFCS yet they serve lunch meals with 2000+ calories, 100g+ fat, etc etc how is that helping obesity? lol

[icelez]

psychetruth-doing the bidding of Lucifer

[AcaiBerryMONAVIE]

you SUPPORT THE CORN INDUSTRY

[icelez]

willfully, No!

if your refering to my psyetruth doing the bidding of lucifer comment

that was because out of all the vids she had one was about how lucifer is not satan

so i prove her wrong unarguably and she deletes all comments refering to the subject Ah just like mass media feeding lies

so she was---

blockin Truth

deceiving the Ignorant

[oiioxxxoiio]

relax.

At the rate the US drinks soda alone, If they used table sugar (sucrose) for soft drinks, the price of sugar would skyrocket for EVERYONE. Production cost savings are passed down to the consumer..or have you not taken an economics class?

Besides, It's the person's choice to consume it. so there's really no point in these arguments.

If you want cola made from sucrose, go to mexico..who also has a huge obesity problem.

[GusBulltamer]

That's hillbilly logic. The economics are engineered for maximum profit and minimum health. You have a choice. Choose wisely.

[oiioxxxoiio]

That's precisely my point. People choose to consume HFCS. Stop trying to blame corporate companies for your problems.

[ArtsySiridean]

Don't be retarded. not to be anti-corporate, but only few companies "Pass the savings onto us". Granted, those that do are usually the one we make out to be the bad guys, such as Wal-Mart and Microsoft.

Still, that's another arguement. To say HFCS is something of the customers choice is asinine. But it's easy to make that assumption when you choose to ignore what's in front of you.

[radjabov44]

oii, shes not. Shes explaining the deception behind these commercials. Dont be so dense. Of course its a choice and thats why she is informing people. You sound like a corporate plant to me. You really want to compare mexico and the US's health problems? You dont know what your talking about. Thank you Gus keep up the good work

[toastie112]

Of course you choose it, but if you can't afford to eat only organic or healthy foods (which get really expensive really fast) then it's practically the only alternative. It's in everything from cereal to juice to granola bars and then of course junk foods. I'm not saying it isn't a person's own decision, but to decide not to eat it is more time consuming and costly than most people can or will put up with. If it was just used in less products there would be more of a choice.

[oiioxxxoiio]

supply and demand drives the market. if less people demanded it, the supply would go down. either way, i'm over it. :)

[jojobob2000]

Corn subsidies and sugar tariffs drive the market. If we didn't produce such an oversupply of corn due to the subsidies, corn syrup would not be artificially cheap.

[hitoco9]

THATS WHY YOU COMPLAIn

[drunkenstyle]

that's why you check the ingredients.

there's a good number of food out there that doesn't contain hfcs that isn't expensive organic/healthy food.

[NRen2k5]

@GusBulltamer Yeah, um, I don't know, but it seems to me that the smart choice is to avoid ridiculously sugary things like cola.

You know, rather than just eating whatever the heck I crave and then looking for a scapegoat like HFCS to blame for my being fat....

[slumsattack]

Water is the elixir of life i only drink distilled due to FLOURIDATION another

goverment POISON!!

[wbrooks88]

Splenda is not aspartame. Neither is sweet n low. Splenda is sucralose and sweet n low is a mix of saccharin, dextrose and cream of tartar. Equal, on the other hand, is aspartame.

[wbrooks88]

Come on guys...almost everything you touch has been chemically produced or altered. Chemistry is not your enemy! Don't freak out when people through chemical jargon at you. Take a break, take a breath, and take an organic chemistry class. If you want to know just how naive we people can be, look up the dangers of "dihydrogen monoxide". Chemistry ignorance leads to hysteria.

[AllegroFan]

True ... *sarcasm alert* ... and look at what GREAT shape we are in!

Seriously, I for one didn't see any claims of chemistry being the "enemy" and I am of course well aware that dihydrogen monoxide is water.

The issue is that the TV commercials are grossly misleading and claiming that HFCS is "natural" when in truth it is a HIGHLY processed product.

I choose to consume minimally processed, organically grown foods and deliberately misleading ads should be exposed for the lies they are.

[AllegroFan]

Sorry folks, YouTube being weird ... this was a reply to wbrooks88 but isn't displaying correctly in the thread

[wbrooks88]

Actually...I planned on consuming some ethanol this weekend! Oops!

[TreeClimbingMan]

Thank you! I am doing everything I possibly can to stop the madness myself! The average American consumes 60 pounds of this garbage per year! It needs to stop! Help me if you want or can in spreading the word. YouTube is a good way, but I'd like to get it on national TV somehow!

[runningriot1988]

please?

[theholisticoption]

HFCS is very cheap to produce, so most of the corn that is used is actually genetically modified (GMO) corn because IT is cheaper to produce. This is just one more reason why HFCS is worse than organic sugars found in agave or cane. The human body runs at its very best when fed whole foods (particularly those without pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, animal bi-products, genetic modification, etc.) because these foods are easily recognized and utilized by our internal systems.

[wbrooks88]

Glucose and fructose from sugar cane is chemically the same thing as glucose and fructose from corn. There are just different approaches to get there.

[runningriot1988]

I am trying to find why HFCS is actually bad for you. I understand that it is created through unnatural processes and is in everything but both of these arguments don't seem to do it for me. Yes is leads to diabeeetuss, heart disease, high blood pressure etc. but why is it worse than natural sugar which can cause the same problems.

This is actually something I really want to know so please send me evidence to my inbox.

[AllegroFan]

Just google "high fructose corn syrup bad for you" ... the info is out there.

[Saffaiano]

its more concentrated and the problem with it is that it was forced into the US diet. Try finding food in the grocery store without it. its very hard and once you do the food cost more to leave it out than to put it in.

[hisstainedwings]

Um, I have a question:

Is corn syrup bad too?

Please let me know!

[theholisticoption]

Corn syrup is made by combining enzymes with corn starch, which yields mostly glucose. Anything that is processed or subjected to chemical modification is not as healthy as the whole foods that are grown naturally (local organic is the best for you AND the environment). Instead of corn syrup or HFCS, try organic agave nectar or organic cane sugar. As with everything we eat or drink as part of a truly healthy diet, these should be consumed in moderation as well.

[VitaminJunkeys]

Glad to say that I didn't consume any high fructose corn syrup today!

[Isaidsohaha]

You sure?? I can't find one product that doesn't have it.

[couerdalene]

you don't need "products".

eat whole foods...fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts.

[Isaidsohaha]

That can carry someone for so long, what happens when I'm out on the road and don't have my special food? I have to resort to eating fast food and all of those contain MSG and HFCS.

[couerdalene]

there are grocery stores everywhere. You can pop into the produce section easity. also you can do like I do and keep a small ice box in your car full of water fruit, vegetables and nuts. If you really want to stop eating the crap, you need to change your lifestyle a bit. Those drive thru fastfood chains are killing people.

[Isaidsohaha]

Thanks for your recommendation, but have you thought about your produce now being generated by GMO? We're doomed.

[couerdalene]

maybe we should just all commit suicide lol