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Male Speaker 1: I definitely look for things that are lower in high fructose corn syrup that are lower in sugars because I think that's just truly unhealthy.
Female Spearer: Personally, I'm trying to lose weight and so I'm trying to avoid added ingredient labels and try not to them in my diet.
Robert Davis: If you read the fine print on labels you know that high fructose corn syrup is in all kinds of foods we consume, cereal, soda, bread, cookies and crackers just to name of few, it's a sweetener that extends the short life of products. It is generally cheaper than sugar which is why manufactures like it but some people consider it a nutritional nightmare.
One concern is that it may increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease and other conditions but the evidence for this is preliminary. A more common claim is that it's a major contributor to obesity because its chemical makeup boosts our production of fat and causes us to pack on pounds. So what exactly is in the sweetener? A combination of fructose and glucose, the same ingredients in plain old table sugar, except in different proportions. That similarity makes it unlikely that high fructose corn syrup promotes weight gain any more than regular sugar according to many nutrition experts. What's more a host of studies if by and large fail to prove the obesity claim.
Still that doesn't mean its okay to consume high fructose sodas and cookies with abundant. Too much sugar in whatever form translate into too many empty calories. So by all means read the fine print on labels just beyond and look out for other forms of sugar as well. For more information on high fructose corn syrup or if you have a claim you would like us to check out, visit our website everwell.com helping you be a healthy skeptic, I'm Robert Davis.
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