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[the iron horse]

High Frutose Corn Syrup/Artificial Sweetners

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And it might help explain why obesity is a growing problem.

And why soda companies and others are so happy filling us with this crap.


What do you think?

 

[I'm Ready]

it tastes so good though

 

[the iron horse]

it tastes so good though

But have you ever had a soda made with real cane sugar?

 

[Angela Harlem]

sweeteners 951 and 950.

 

[kimby]

But have you ever had a soda made with real cane sugar?

Yep. They taste better!

 

[martha]

But have you ever had a soda made with real cane sugar?

Sodas in Peru were

 

[Mr. Green Eyes]

I hardly drink soda anymore, except maybe once or twice every other week or so.

 

[nathan1977]

Trying to cut soda out of my diet completely. H20 is the way to go.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I rarely, if ever, drink my beloved diet coke anymore. I try and stick with water whenever I can.

I've also eliminated orange juice. It sounds good for you, but it has all those sugars in it which are bad so I've stopped buying it altogether.

 

[U2Girl416]

*puts her can of Diet Coke down as she reads this* truthfully, I'm not a big soda drinker, usually just water. even when I'm out at a restaurant

 

[BVS]

Haven't had a soda in 5 years...

 

[Justin24]

Haven't had a soda in 5 years...

Are you serious. What is it then Juice, Beer, hard liquour or Water?

 

[BVS]

Are you serious. What is it then Juice, Beer, hard liquour or Water?

I usually drink water, green tea, juice, etc...

 

[Justin24]

Nice. I love Green Tea. Juice is good. I need to kick the Coke Habbit.

 

[indra]

I actually like water. Just plain water. I will drink diet soda when I'm driving fairly long distances. The caffeine and carbonation help keep me more alert.

 

[martha]

carbonation

And stopping to pee all afternoon.

 

[corianderstem]

^^ Itty bitty bladder committee repreSENT!

I've more or less weaned myself off real (non-diet) soda, but will treat myself once in a while to a good ol' Coke.

I drink water throughout the day, but like to have something with flavor with meals. I do need to be better about cutting these nasty high fructose corn syrups and artificial sweeteners out of my diet, though.

 

[verte76]

I admit it, I'm a sucker for sodas. I need to knock it off.

 

[indra]

And stopping to pee all afternoon.

Haha! Well that helps keep you awake too!

 

[verte76]

Oops, double post. Sorry about that!

 

[martha]

^ It was all that caffeine.

 

[zoney!]

But have you ever had a soda made with real cane sugar?

Are the sodas with real cane sugar any better than the ones with HFC?

 

[the iron horse]

Are the sodas with real cane sugar any better than the ones with HFC?

I do not drink sodas daily, but when I do have one I usually buy a glass bottle of Cheerwine. This small company still uses real cane sugar.

I think it's a refreshing drink.


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Here's an article on HFCS:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/18/FDGS24VKMH1.DTL

 

[BVS]

But you didn't answer the question

It doesn't matter if it's refreshing, is it healthier? I'm sure heroin is refreshing, but I'm not going to make it part of my diet...

 

[Angela Harlem]

Someone who swears by the health benefits of dairy fats is going to have an objective opinion?

 

[martha]

But you didn't answer the question

It doesn't matter if it's refreshing, is it healthier? I'm sure heroin is refreshing, but I'm not going to make it part of my diet...

Who cares if it's healthier? Soda's bad for you no matter what, and HFCS is terrible for you. Soda made with real sugar tastes waaaaay better.

 

[zoney!]

Hi Martha!

Who cares if it's healthier?

I do!

I asked the question!

We know HFCS is bad for us, but is cane sugar better?

 

[martha]

Hi Zoner!

We know HFCS is bad for us, but is cane sugar better?

Probably.

 

[anitram]

Are the sodas with real cane sugar any better than the ones with HFC?

Well I don't really see how they are insofar that the biggest problem with these drinks is that they are huge sources of empty calories - tons of sugar/carbs and no nutritional value. Replacing HFCS with sugar does nothing significant to change that.

At least the diet ones have no caloric intake to speak of.

 

[the iron horse]

High Fructose Corn Syrup

Do a search on high frurtose corn syrup.

It's a lot cheaper for soda companies to use than real sugar.
That's why they use it.

It's a bad thing causing a lot of problems.

If you agree, please let the soda companies know your complaints.