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What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the previous forty thousand. - Eric Schlosser, “Fast Food Nation”
This is mind-boggling to me that the food that humans consume has changed so quickly. Fast Food Nation (excellent book, highly recommend) is written about America, however fast food is global now, which [...]

For years now, there have been the standard energy drinks on the market that, from what I’ve understood, are to replenish your electrolytes that can be depleted while working out.
Now there are a whole slew of health and fitness drinks that are marketed as being “healthy”. They probably have a wide appeal to those who [...]

Yesterday I gave you 5 (more) Reasons to Avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup. At the end of the post I mentioned that I would give you an experiment today that you could conduct on yourself. You’ve probably read about many of the dangers of HFCS, but how about you put that information aside for a [...]

I wrote a post last month titled “5 Reasons to Avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup“. There are actually more than 5 reasons, however I did not wish to overwhelm you at the time.
I have written a couple of other posts on high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and I wish to give you as much [...]

If you have visited my blog before, you may have noticed that I have written a few posts regarding high fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, as it is more commonly known. Not only have I been writing about it, but I have also been talking about it.
In one of my college courses (I am finishing [...]

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is found as one of the main ingredients (i.e.: in the top four) in soft drinks, low-fat salad dressings, and almost all fast and processed foods.
It is in beer, pasta sauces, protein bars (I was surprised when I read that on one of my protein bar’s ingredients), convenience foods, bakery [...]