3/14/10 Sunday

High fructose corn syrup is the new debated health topic recently. As health concerns seem to be the new it thing, many people have demanded that it be curtailed. But with the recent ads proclaiming corn syrup as healthy in reasonable quantities, it can leave consumers confused as to all of the hype. Dr. Nancy Appleton, Ph.D. has discovered many items of note regarding the use of fructose as a sweetener. According to a Washington Post as well as a WebMD article, corn syrup tested contained mercury. But as opposing viewpoints abound you must be the judge and examine the evidence as well as think critically about the sources and information that you peruse.

Conversely PRNewswire has an article refuting, if not all, some of the aforementioned claims. They state that it is no different, nutritionally, than table sugar and that it doesn’t contribute to obesity any more than any other sugar type substance.