The Chemical of Evil...

[acroyear]

...continues to haunt me.

"High Fructose Corn Syrup".

Evil.

and Everywhere.

Its in all but 2 of the "nutritious snacks" that my company gives its employees for free.  And one of those two is "Cheetos".  Its in Animal Crackers.  Its in Nutter Butters.

The real pisser: its in the supposedly best for your health "Nutri-Grain" Cereal Bars from Kellogg's.  Three times.

"Ingredients: Filling (high fructose corn syrup, apple preserves [high fructose corn syrup, apples], ...)..., high fructose corn syrup, ..."

So its the #1 ingredient of the "filling", and the #1 ingredient of the #2 ingredient of said filling, AND it shows up in the main ingredients list on its own.

I just can't stand it.  I didn't used to care, but now that I do, I am still at that state where I am shocked at all of the food items that incorporated this processed calorie factory.

Someday, I won't be shocked to see it.  When that happens, I might as well just quit. 

I'm pretty sure its a key ingredient in Budweiser, only the mega-breweries refuse to submit to a "list your ingredients" regulation from the FDA, something the micros have been pushing for over a decade, for that very reason. ;)

Items that have that poison, and more of it than you might think...

• breakfast syrups are now more corn syrup / high fructose corn syrup than maple, and the major brands all have no maple at all.  pure maple syrup should have this as its one and only ingredient: "sap".
  
• whole wheat breads
• Caesar salad dressing and Yoplait Yogurt.
• every (non-organic) prepackaged sweetened tea (often its in the ingredient list above tea itself) including lipton and nestea
• peanut butter (not all, but the cheap stuff they stick in crackers from keebler or lances certainly does).  most american-made jellys, jams, and preserves.
  
• most condiments (ketchup, bbq, yellow mustard)
• white bread products like low-end hamburger and hotdog buns (particularly those used at McDonalds)
  

simply inescapable...but i'm gonna keep trying as best i can.  I won't worry about it in the things I eat in relatively small doses (condiments and salad dressings, and my favorite apple jelly), but otherwise if i see a snack that lists it as an ingredient (and certainly something that claims to be nutritious and yet lists it 3 times, including the first two items on the list), then its something I will, quite literally, live without.

Comments

Re: PS.....

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

yeah, i know about that, and cyd's already been getting "white bread" off my list to start with. "honey-cracked wheat" is my bread of choice, if it exists. need to look at the ingredients list of that, but hopefully "honey" will come out in front of the chemical of evil.

its definitely addictive (to me) -- in spite of keeping my caffene levels relatively constant (through unsweetened tea and/or my usual coffee), i still had the "shakes" for the first 3 weeks after removing coke from the diet.

Re: PS.....

[nvqrjaaajkss.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...Id love to go back in history to the Einstein who developed HFCS and have a "chat" with him/them.

Yeah...my body went NUTS the first couple of months I started slowly removing most processed foods from my diet...I still have something bad for me on a RARE occassion because there are simply some things I LIKE...and in return I take my punishment after consuming said EVIL!

I can only drink an ounce or two of coke (which I like with my steamed chinese food)and even then my body beats me up for it.

Re: PS.....

[capi.livejournal.com]

*nods again*

The whole addictive aspect of sugar is a whole 'nother pandora's box!

Good on you for kicking it!! That is no small thing!