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20
Jul
The Media loves a good ghost story. They love nothing more than to lure people into their inky clutches and scare them silly with apocalyptic promises and new and improved weight loss tactics. This week, Yahoo!’s helping of Doom included a solar eclipse that threatened to throw the world into turmoil because science and superstition [...]
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28
Dec
You know to question the motives of a pro-high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) campaign when it’s run by the HFCS companies themselves! http://www.sweetsurprise.com is a website centered around the health benefits of what is probably the worst sweetener out there. From the cute little videos about people who are conveniently unaware of the health problems [...]
Tags: , companies, Crystalline Fructose, health drinks, health problems, HFCS, high fructose corn syrup, ketchup, rika, sodas, sports drinks, sweet surprise, website
27
Aug
Sodas get a bad rap because they contain high fructose corn syrup.
For some reason, “health drinks” like Vitamin Water don’t, although they contain crystalline fructose, which is pretty much the same thing. In fact, crystalline Fructose includes an even higher percentage of fructose than HFCS.
What? Is our society a sucker for drinks with pretty labels and witty text? Can just anyone put a bright, happy label on something obviously unhealthy and still get us to buy it?
Tags: , Crystalline Fructose, health drinks, HFCS, high fructose corn syrup, ketchup, rika, sodas, sports drinks