The Healthy Edge stands firmly on the recommendation to reduce and eventually eliminate processed foods from your lifestyle. Not only are you exposed to unnecessary additives, colorings, Trans fats and preservatives, but you are close to nothing of nutritional value to your body! Processed foods are devoid of nutrition and are designed for extended shelf lives and low cost. Because of the low nutritional value, your body has a hard time communicating to you that it’s FULL because it has not received anything to satisfy it. Don’t you find it ironic that you can eat a whole bag of potato chips and still have room for the ice cream, however eating 10 apples would not exactly evoke the same reaction from you body? You body KNOWS good food and it is able to communicate with you when you feed it quality nutrition.
HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) is at the center of debate with nutritional experts. HFCS have been accused of being the sole culprit of the rising rates of obesity and diabetes since its discovery in the 1970’s. High-fructose corn syrup is made by changing the sugar (glucose) in cornstarch to fructose — another form of sugar. The end product is a combination of fructose and glucose. Because it extends the shelf life of processed foods and is cheaper than sugar, high-fructose corn syrup has become a popular ingredient in many sodas, fruit-flavored drinks and other processed foods.
Many beverages and other processed foods made with high-fructose corn syrup and other sweeteners are high in calories and low in nutritional value. Regularly including these products in your diet has the potential to promote obesity — which, in turn, promotes conditions such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease.
The Healthy Edge provides so many alternatives to the highly processed products that use to lurk in your refrigerator and pantry! Feel empowered by this! Avoid buying products with HFCS, corn syrup or sugar as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or even 4th ingredient. The farther down on the list, the more likely it is used as a preservative and not as a sweetener.
ARTICLES: The HFCS Debate
Below are some articles that may interest you on the debate around HFCS. Remember when you are doing research to look for documented studies and not just someone’s opinion or “story”.1. Soda Warning? High-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to Diabetes
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