HFCS Follow up
HFCS results
Of all the people that signed up for the HFCS challenge 66% we able to go the entire week without ingesting HFCS. The other 33% got caught up on things like ketchup or salad dressing. You have to be really careful as HFCS is everywhere.
My A has completed the HFCS challenge. I was planning on announcing the results much sooner but we had to get an outside ruling. It seems my A ate some Swedish meatball prepared by my R’s mom. Let me tell you those meatballs are delicious. The problem is that most beef consume actually have trace amounts of HFCS in it.
In order to make sure my A actually complete the HFCS successfully we have to figure out the type of beef broth used for the meatball. While it did take some time I am happy to report that my A was able to go an entire week without ingesting HFCS. Unfortunately this task was not all that easy. HFCS is every where.
My A almost blew the whole challenge by stopping and buying lemonade from the neighborhood kids. Without even thinking he took a swallow realizing after the first gulp that he probably screwed up and blew the challenge. My A then spent a some time tracking down the parents of those kids to find out what kind of lemonade they were using. Fortunately it was crappy light lemonade and did not contain and HFCS.
I am very proud of my A he did a great job on this challenge. There we many times he almost slipped up and it really amazed us to see where HFCS could be found. The thing that really helped my A was he cooked all of his own food for the week making everything from scratch and never ate out. Once you go out in the real world it gets much harder.
There is actually a person out there who is trying to avoid all Monsanto products for an entire month. This is a heck of a lot harder than what my A did. I think my A lost about 5lbs I am sure this woman will lose far more since she can not eat 90% of the food out there. Check out her blog it is pretty interesting http://web.me.com/aprildavila/MWM/Blog/Blog.html
It seems that Princeton has just completed a study showing that HFCS is actually bad for you. It seems Rat that were feed HFCS did not far are well as rats eating regular sugar. “Compared to animals eating only rat chow, rats on a diet rich in high-fructose corn syrup showed characteristic signs of a dangerous condition known in humans as the metabolic syndrome, including abnormal weight gain, significant increases in circulating triglycerides and augmented fat deposition, especially visceral fat around the belly.”
WE really need to take a stand and do our best not to eat foods with HFCS. Obviously it is a pain to totally avoid HFCS just ask my A but if you have a choice go with the option that does not have HFCS. We live in a capitalist society if we show that we are consumers don’t want HFCS then it will go away but in order to do that we will have to take a stand. Who is with me.
Corn this is not your Grandfather’s Maize.
Next year I hope to have a get a bigger group involved in the HFCS Challenge. This year was productive and educational and has also opened up a new opportunity which I will be discussing soon.
