Not To Eat High Fructose Corn Syrup...
it contains mercury

Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury - washingtonpost.com

50% of samples tested positive for it.

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It will be interesting to see if this is valid and current data. Reading the article, I saw that the corn industry disputes the findings, saying that they changed the technology they use to make hfcs, and that the research being cited was done before the manufacturing changes were made.

Here is some additional info you might find interesting

The FDA sat on evidence of mercury-tainted high-fructose corn syrup | Grist

King Corn

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Thanks for the link, Anna. So far, though, the sources cited seem to have a bias against non-granola-ish products... and of course, the corn industry seems to want to refute it with their own biased statements. It will be interesting to see how it all shakes out in the wash.

I don't think it's a bias toward non granola ish products. I've cited sources before about HFCS. Unlike sugar, and most other foods, it's metabolized through the liver instead of the digestive system which makes it horrendous for the body.

Here's some other links

The Double Danger of High Fructose Corn Syrup

Dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup | Healthmad

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hig...-syrup/AN01588
(the Mayo Clinic can hardly be considered biased)

Is Fructose Dangerous?


And I can tell you for a fact, about 7 years ago when I began educating myself about food additives and how to eat in a healthier way, the first thing I did was an experiment. I stopped eating anything with HFCS. After 1 month of doing only that (no exercise, no limiting calorie intake) I lost almost 20 lbs. A lot of what I was eating was canned and bottled stuff; i.e. sauces, processed foods. I was so shocked and surprised that I've stuck with it. And I don't know about you but even the fact that the stuff used to contain mercury (even if it no longer does, which I have no reason to trust the makers of it so I absolutely don't) makes me cringe inside.
I wouldn't trust eating it. And I will certainly not even eat a candy bar that contains it even once in a while any longer. There is lots of food out there, even processed stuff, that doesn't contain it. So I'd rather err on the side of caution and health.
I can bake any sweet treat I want with organic sugar. And there are many varieties of candy and other foods made without harmful ingredients.

I don't eat white sugar because of bone black.

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bone black solid black material, largely carbon, produced by heating animal bones to high temperatures in the absence of air so as to drive off volatile substances. Finely divided bone black is useful as a pigment; bone char, a similar material, is an important source of activated charcoal for use in refining and decolorizing sugar.
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I don't go out of my way to avoid it, but we don't tend to eat as much of it as many do. I mostly cook from scratch, and we probably only buy coke once a week or less often.

I do think (poisons aside) that the key is moderation. Eating processed foods with lots of empty calories is a recipe for weight gain and poor health.

I know there are health food groups that are pretty rabid campaigners against HFCS, and I guess with anything, I tend to withhold judgment when a side that was already railing against something and trying actively to discredit it toots a newly discovered horn. I'm not saying it isn't or can't be valid - I just remember too well the negative impact that eventually-discredited alar scare had on the apple industry in the 80's, so I tend to be slow to react, I guess.

I stopped buying all Yoplait products because their yogurt contains HFCS, Dannon does not, so when there are coupons, I stock up on Dannon for my kids. I'm trying to keep that stuff out of them as much as possible.