Holy Cow!! Something wonderful happened today…I think…I hope…
Anyone who reads or knows me knows how I loathe High Fructose Corn Syrup [HFCS]. I have blogged about it before.
I am not a huge Whoopi Goldberg fan…or a big fan of “The View”…but happened to stop on it towards the end of the show today. Whoopi, bless her heart, ina good way, CHALLENGED EVERY HEALTH CZAR…which I am assuming is Bob, Jillian, Bob, Dr Oz [who already hates HCFS], Dr Phil…etc…to make the manufacturers get rid of HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP in our foods! I could not believe I was hearing it on NATIONAL TV! On The View!! Hopefully that will get the message across. That’s what is so great about this…The View is the #2 or #3 most watched talk show…mostly by women…and you KNOW they don’t want US fired up about something. I think the only reason it is still on labels in this country at all is because MOST women don’t know about it. There are a lot more who will know about it now.
There are folks who poopoo this whole problem, and lump it in with folks panicking or cutting out one certain element of their diet…like, ultra low fat or low carb. Well, here’s the difference: HCFS is NOT a food! It’s a manufactured SUPER sugar. They use it partly because it’s cheaper than sugar, and partly because of it’s preservative properties. THAT should be the first clue it’s BAD for you…is that it acts as a preservative to food. Duh. We wouldn’t want formaldehyde in our food. We yell and cry to the heavens over trans fat, hydrogenated oils, cholesterol and other preservatives…why do we take the fact that HCFS is in our breads, english muffins, salad dressings, ketchup, steak sauces, marinades, sugared drinks…including nearly all non diet soda…and just about EVERY processed food so lightly?
Read the book FatLand…or read what Dr Oz says about HCFS. If we took HFCS out of the food, we would have ample corn for Ethanol…and fewer Diabetics.
So, Whoopi challenged the diet folks. I challenge all of YOU. READ labels. It takes more time in the store, but it’s worth it. READ the labels and if it lists High Fructose Corn Syrup in the ingredients, PUT IT BACK. If it stops selling, you better believe the formulation will change. They aren’t making this stuff for their health [or for ours, either]. They want to make money. If we don’t buy their crappy poisonous products, they will change them. I guarantee it.
You shoulda seen the panic the Big Foods Companies were in when a few tiny health food stores and low carb stores started popping up. They cranked out fake low carb products like crazy. And the silly, lazy lemmings that we are as a society…we bought them and were stunned when we couldn’t lose weight.
Anyway, I hope we can beat them at their own game…the farmers will be fine…and maybe gas prices will come down a bit! What a wonderful thing!