Another addiction I must kick this time.

[elfs]

Killer 'graf:

Compared to animals eating only rat chow, rats on a diet rich in high-fructose corn syrup showed characteristic signs of a dangerous condition known in humans as the metabolic syndrome, including abnormal weight gain, significant increases in circulating triglycerides and augmented fat deposition, especially visceral fat around the belly. Male rats in particular ballooned in size: Animals with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained 48 percent more weight than those eating a normal diet. ... Male rats given water sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup in addition to a standard diet of rat chow gained much more weight than male rats that received water sweetened with table sugar, or sucrose, in conjunction with the standard diet. The concentration of sugar in the sucrose solution was the same as is found in some commercial soft drinks, while the high-fructose corn syrup solution was half as concentrated as most sodas.

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Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain.

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[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

I saw another article which mentioned that HFC also isn't filtered by your liver as well as regular sugar and is worse for diabetics and such. Also that it doesn't just make you more fat but also that fat from HFC tends to concentrate around internal organs rather than in normal fat stores. Scary stuff.

[nbarnes.livejournal.com]

I can't tell you how happy I am that I've mostly gotten the stuff out of my diet.

[(Anonymous)]

How can you tell? :(

I only drink diet soda, so I'm sure I avoid the worst of it there, but it's so ubiquitous that even checking labels doesn't help that much, since it's in everything anyway.

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[nbarnes.livejournal.com]

We do a lot of label checking here, since one of our housemates is allergic to wheat gluten, sugar, and dairy (among other things). So we're unusually on top of the situation.

[caraig.livejournal.com]

HFC has been known to be 'worse' for quite some time now; the widespread use of it matches the dramatic rise of obesity in the United States. (Coincidence is not causality, YMMV, and all that, but it's mighty tempting evidence.) I avoid soda containing HFC, but I think it's a bit too late for me. Well.. the previous generation had tobacco, I guess mine has HFC.