On Feb 23, 3:24*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Feb 23, 2:56*pm, Bryan > wrote:
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> > On Feb 23, 2:25*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
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> > > >> Thanks for the explanation. I still don't get why such horrors are
> > > >> attributed to HFCS since, as you point out, it inflicts only a
> > > >> slightly greater burden on metabolism. It's gotten to the point that
> > > >> when mfrs. of processed foods replace HFCS with plain old sugar, they
> > > >> put "No HFCS!" in big type on the package.
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> > > >Aside from the cost of HFCS being cheaper than sugar, there's something
> > > >more sinister about HFCS.
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> > > >HFCS is a genetically modified sugar. Why?
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> > > >I know I'm explaining this in unscientific terms...
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> > > >A message in the brain is sent to a receptor somewhere else in the brain
> > > >that triggers an "I feel full" alert.
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> > > >The genetic engineers modified a gene in corn syrup that blocks the
> > > >message from being sent (or arriving?). In this way, people will,
> > > >essentially, overeat.
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> > > >This is what attracted wide spread and rapid adoption of HFCS in
> > > >processed foods.
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> > > >With the "I'm full" message blocked, consumers will go through products
> > > >faster, causing them to spend more money faster for more of the HFCS
> > > >products.
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> > > >That's why HFCS can be found in products that don't really need sugar in
> > > >them.
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> > > >Not only is HFCS cheaper to use. Great sums of money is spent on HFCS
> > > >with the full sinister greed that greater sums of money can be leeched
> > > >faster out of consumer wallets.
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> > > Genetic engineering? I don't know... sounds like an urban myth.
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> > It is. *Andy is an idiot. *A grown man drinking Gatorade.
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> > --Bryan
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> Beats a grown man drinking the olive oil in which fish was fried!

If fish flavored with olive oil is good, why would olive oil flavored
with fish not be?
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> John Kuthe...

--Bryan