This Messes Up Your Metabolism (plus a scary fact I learned)

HFCS: high-fructose corn syrup. 

I've done reading about it on my own the past 2 summers, but I just learned a few more things that were disgusting to find out.

Most disgusting?
" many infant formulas are more than 50 percent sugar -- 43 percent being corn syrup solids. You might as well be giving your baby a bottle of Coke or Pepsi."


Seriously?!
I never knew that.
I've breastfed my kids, but it wasn't because I thought formula was so bad. I thought breastmilk was superior, but never knew what all was included in the making of formula.
**Don't get me wrong here. I'm not preaching that everyone should breastfeed, and I know we're blessed to live where we have this formula to offer, compared to some countries**
It's scary & sad to know this crap is right there in infant formula, being fed to babies from the very start. 
WOW. Makes me glad I'm able to breastfeed, and determined to do it with each baby I have from here on out.


For some time I've made a point to buy products free of HFCS. Aunt Millie's brand bread, for one, has right on their label "NO HFCS". Fortunately it's on sale enough where I can buy it, too. 

I stopped buying the fruit snacks for Aidan due to the HFCS (as well as red dye). Besides, I don't see how they are much different from gummy bears. (we've found an awesome replacement fruit snack, Archer Farms Organic Fruit Strips, available at Target).

Dr. Mercola's article also taught me that HFCS has only been around for one generation, which shows that the long-term [harmful] effects are just recently being learned.

I would love to see it mandated that this item be removed from products.

I won't drag on much longer, but there's just one last thing:

"Corn syrup is now found in every type of processed, pre-packaged food you can think of. In fact, the use of HFCS in the U.S. diet increased by a whopping 10,673 percent between 1970 and 2005, according to a report by the USDA"

&

"Processed foods account for more than 90 percent of the money Americans spend on meals."

ICK. Processed foods account for more than NINETY percent?! Does that really make it cheaper in the long run when it could mean spending more at doctors' visits in the future?! 

It was just an awe-causing article for me. 

I'm not perfect, we do eat some processed foods, etc. But when I can learn & strive to do better, I will. 

Source: This Common Food Ingredient Can Really Mess Up Your Metabolism, by Dr. Mercola.