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A sweetener that should be avoided at all costs is high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) regardless of what savvy marketing gurus try and tell (sell) you. In fact, it is one of the eight reasons I cite in my new book that Americans are overweight and unhealthy. HFCS, developed by the Japanese and… Read More »
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Anytime we talk about high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) at EatingWell, we get a lot of passionate input from our readers. Some thank us for our careful reporting, while others argue that we got the story all wrong—and some are just confused. Sometimes they get HFCS mixed up with plain old fructose, and sometimes they assume that HFCS and corn syrup are the same thing. (Both are mistakes.) So in this final installment of our 5-part series on HFCS, we’re simply going to tell you the real truth about what HFCS is and what it is not. Read More »
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A little while ago, EatingWell published a short article on high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS): it generated all sorts of comments, questions and controversy among our readers. One of the issues that several readers wondered about was whether HFCS might cause irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or make it worse. IBS is a condition whose hallmark symptom is recurring gastrointestinal (GI) distress.
So for this fourth installment of our 5-part series on HFCS, we went straight to the experts to find out: Does HFCS irritate the stomach or cause irritable bowel syndrome? Here’s what they told us...
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I have friends with young kids who swear that sugary foods and drinks send their kids bouncing off walls. Before I become a mom, I generally assumed that their observations about sugar and behavior were more fiction than fact. (Kids are active. Don’t they all bounce off walls, regardless of what they eat?) But now my son Julian is 13 months old. Despite my best efforts to feed him only nutritious foods, it’s likely that, to some degree, he’ll eventually be exposed to foods full of added sugars, some in the form of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). So now I really want to know the truth. In this third installment of a 5-part series, we investigate whether sugars, and HFCS specifically, can make kids hyperactive. Here’s what we found when we went straight to the experts... Read More »
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If you start reading ingredient lists, you might think high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is in everything: from soda, cereals and granola bars to even pasta sauces and ketchup. Is that a problem? Well, it depends on whom you ask.
Some people say that HFCS is nutritionally the same as sugar, while others believe that it’s pure evil. In fact, some say that our bodies break HFCS down in a way that stokes our appetites and leads us to eat too much. Could this be true? In this second installment of a 5-part series, we investigate whether HFCS makes us feel hungrier. Here’s what we discovered:
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As a nutrition editor, I hear a lot about the evils of high-fructose corn syrup—the sweetener that’s in everything from soda to pasta sauce. I’ve also seen the Corn Refiner Association’s commercials that say that HFCS is nutritionally the same as sugar. It’s hard to know what to believe.
So we went to the experts to get the real facts. In this first installment of a 5-part series, we investigate whether HFCS is a main culprit in the obesity epidemic, as some people say.
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One of the best parts of reading and writing blog posts is that it opens up immediate conversation. Here on Shine, sometimes the comments are like polite cocktail party conversation. Other times, it is like a big old raucous frat party. Once in a while, the talk reminds me of an awkward, heated Thanksgiving dinner with the family. And my favorite cyber-discussions here are a lot like the fun, teasing, snarky, sassy, clever hours I've spent with my girlfriends over cocktails and cheesecake (I mean, celery sticks).
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Here's some serious slimspiration for you: Doing only one thing differently can be all it takes to lose weight and improve your life in surprising, healthy ways. We found six women who each flipped a simple dietary switch that set off a chain reaction of positive effects, from getting glowing skin to losing 130 pounds. See which idea will ignite your personal success story.
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Disturbing food concerns made
a lot of headlines this week. From mercury found in high-fructose
corn syrup to the peanut plant knowingly shipping tainted products
that led to the nationwide salmonella outbreak, FatFighterTV… Read More »
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