Got a Sweet Tooth? - Sugar vs HFCS

Which is Worse? 

Sugar or HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)...

here's my assessment:

• BOTH, Sugar (sucrose) AND high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contain similar amounts of FRUCTOSE (about 50% -- the other half is glucose)...

• FRUCTOSE was found to be the "bad" element (from studies on sucrose, which showed organ damage results) -- in COPPER-DEFICIENT diets (in male rats anyway)...

• So...Consume more COPPER...
- most nuts 
   (especially brazils & cashews)
- seeds 
   (especially poppy and sunflower)
- chickpeas
- oysters (yum!)
- liver (double-yum!)
- may get some from the water supply due to copper pipes 
   (though water filters probably removed it)
- otherwise, Supplements

Natural foods such as cereals, meat and fish generally contain sufficient copper to provide up to 50% of the required copper intake in a balanced diet.

(more about copper: <a href="http://www.copper.org/consumers/health/papers/cu_health_uk/cu_health_uk.html">Copper in Human Health</a>)

THE PROBLEM ISN'T "HFCS" -- THE PROBLEM IS THE INCREASE OF ALL KINDS OF SUGAR IN OUR FOODS & KNOWING HOW TO COUNTERACT ITS NEGATIVE EFFECTS... 

Just make sure you have enough copper in your diet to counter any ill effects of fructose in your diet!

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About HFCS (high fructose corn syrup):
<a href="http://www.sweetsurprise.com/">HFCS: SweetSurprise</a>
<a href="http://www.thehfcs.com/">High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)</a>

The Best New Natural Sweetner:
<a href="http://truvia.com/">Truvia™ - Nature's Perfect Sweetness™</a>

Sweetener Comparisons:
<a href="http://www.fitsugar.com/1133886">FitSugar Side by Side Comparisons of Artificial Sweeteners</a>

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