Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: HFCS contains fructose

There is a lot of hype about the problems of HFCS being added too many foods. However, the same hype should be applied to the use of other high fructose additions to foods such as honey and fruit juices, particularly apple and pear. Strange how so many people have picked up on the problems with HFCS and ignore that the same problems exist when other fructose containing sweeteners.

What I find humorous about the Mother Linda article is that the author comes close to saying but never says that the enzymes used to produce HFCS are a problem too. She couches true statements in hyperboles. For example, she say "There's a couple of other murky things that consumers should know about HFCS" and continues to talk about enzymes implying that because they are produced by genetically modified organisms that this is an additional problem. This nonsense plays on the unfounded fears that many people have about genetically modified organisms even though it has nothing to do with the contents of HFCS nor are they found in HFCS.

At the end of the article she does come to a reasonable conclusion "Since the effects of fructose are most severe in the growing organism, we need to think carefully about what kind of sweeteners we give to our children. Fruit juices should be strictly avoided--they are very high in fructose--but so should anything with HFCS." However, most people fail to recognize that she puts other high fructose containing foods in the same basket with HFCS. Strange!

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