Corn Syrup

I didn't know much about Corn Syrup until about a year ago when I saw a documentary on Netflix called: "King Corn" - boy did this open my eyes! First off I never gave it a second thought but now I do. If you get a chance watch this documentary - as they say seeing is believing.

The negative effects corn syrup has are numerous. Things I most appalling are:

1 - It's in almost every food in our grocery stores (so it's in all our diets)

2 - It is known to make people fat

3 - It is dangerous to our livers

4 - Some of it even contains mercury - a known poison to man

5 - It is linked to causing diabetes

6 - It is linked to causing kidney disease

Here are some articles with more information on corn syrup:

Why Corn Syrup is Worse than Sugar - explains why it makes us fat!

Mercury found in Corn Syrup

List of some food products containing Mercury from Corn Syrup

Corn Syrup causes High Blood Pressure

Corn Syrup can cause Kidney Disease

Corn Syrup causes Severe Liver Damage

Corn Syrup linked to Diabetes

Soda Warning Corn Syrup linked to Diabetes

Here you can Sign a Petition to Get Corn Syrup out of our Products

After watching the documentary I went to my local grocery store and read the labels of the foods I was buying - I was overwhelmed corn syrup was everywhere! Even in products I didn't expect it like my yoplait yogurt. I made a conscious decision then and there to limit the amount of corn syrup in my diet. I stopped drinking so much soda and only drink a couple a month now. Also I read the labels in the store - because sometimes the exact type of food on the shelf right next to the item I'm buying does not have corn syrup - even sourcream! The brand I used to buy had it but the brand I buy now does not. So read your labels! Even plain white bread has it!

It's an eye opener just to go into your local grocery store and read the labels and see that corn syrup is usually within the top 5 ingredients of nearly every product on the shelves. If it is in the top 5 ingredients I don't buy the product.