High fructose corn syrup contains mercury!

[FarmerChick]

believe me the test was a Discovery Channel documentary and they know how to conduct a test...LOL-LOL

but I know what you mean, I saw it and can't remember the food given to each group but the non-sugar group did get the healthiest low "everything" cookies that could be baked, etc. etc.

I think ETR is right. Exercise and sunshine and get the heck out of the house is what kids need. Forget the camped in front of the tv, excess energy that kids have should be used in exercise definitely!

I wish someone would bottle that energy and give me some..HA HA

 

[Wifezilla]

A cookie contains flour. Flour breaks down to sugar. A sugar free cookie and a sugar filled cookie are not that different unless you are using almond meal instead of wheat.

Like the infamous "chocolate study" in the 70's that "proved" that junk food doesn't give you zits, you have to study the study so to speak. In the case of the junk food study, it turns out that they actually tested chocolate against an artificial chocolate. Both contained about the same amount of sugars and carbohydrates. So when both groups still had the same amount of break outs, it got released as "junk food doesn't make you break out" in the press. Recent well designed studies have shown that high carb consumption DOES contribute to acne, and that eating a low glycemic index diet can reduce acne outbreaks by over 50%. Unfortunately, people who grew up in the 70's "remember" that old news story and still wont believe it.

So, without an actual food list, I remain skeptical.

 

[Homesteadmom]

DId they mention non-alcoholic fatty liver disease? This is becoming more and more common in kids due to HFC and an over abundance of fruit juice in their diets.

Yes they did!!

 

[Homesteadmom]

I've read that, with some children, exposure to these types of additives produces elevated results and it was certainly the case with my youngest. Just like now, the studies about mercury levels being associated with autism, ADD, etc. Where they seem to get held up is that not all kids react to these substances in an adverse way, so the government/FDA can conceivably say that small amounts of mercury aren't harmful.

They fail to mention that some people cannot eliminate heavy metals like others, so even tiny amounts build up into toxic levels in some children/adults. For these people, I would venture to say that HFCS is very harmful, even in small amounts. When you calculate just how many foods have this in it~pop for one~you can only imagine how quickly these "tiny amounts" build up in the system.

Aluminum(sp?) in the brains of alzhiemer patients too. Is another scary thing & it is in deodorant & it is the by product that is floride they put in toothpaste.
HFCS is in breads too. Yoplait yogurt even has it!! We switched to Dannon All Natural once I discoverd that & of course only 1 store in town carries it.

 

[FarmerChick]

A cookie contains flour. Flour breaks down to sugar. A sugar free cookie and a sugar filled cookie are not that different unless you are using almond meal instead of wheat.

Like the infamous "chocolate study" in the 70's that "proved" that junk food doesn't give you zits, you have to study the study so to speak. In the case of the junk food study, it turns out that they actually tested chocolate against an artificial chocolate. Both contained about the same amount of sugars and carbohydrates. So when both groups still had the same amount of break outs, it got released as "junk food doesn't make you break out" in the press. Recent well designed studies have shown that high carb consumption DOES contribute to acne, and that eating a low glycemic index diet can reduce acne outbreaks by over 50%. Unfortunately, people who grew up in the 70's "remember" that old news story and still wont believe it.

So, without an actual food list, I remain skeptical.

Remain skeptical...who cares?
This thread is like pulling teeth...very painful!

 

[Wifezilla]

Ok...so don't post here!

 

[Beekissed]

A cookie contains flour. Flour breaks down to sugar. A sugar free cookie and a sugar filled cookie are not that different unless you are using almond meal instead of wheat.

I believe these are different types of sugar and are utilized by the body in different ways.

I would say, if flour is a sugar source, and you add sugar to your cookie recipe to enhance that natural sugar source~you would have twice the sugar in that particular cookie. A cookie made with flour only would then have less than half the sugar totals than would the cookie with sugar added. Thus, there would be a great amount of difference in a sugar free cookie and a sugar filled cookie. Hence the words "sugar-free(meaning no added sugar substances)" and "sugar-filled (filled meaning an increased level of added sugar).

Plus, the cookie without any added sweetener would lay on the plate all lonely and the sweetened one would find a home very quickly!

 

[me&thegals]

I think the point is that starches (white flour) break down into sugars, while sugars are already there. So, potatoes, flour, etc. are considered by many to be just as "sugary" as beet, cane or corn sugars.

Personally, I think the less processed our food, the better. I don't yet see a reason to go grain free, but I see lots of reasons to stick with whole grains with all their fiber, germs (as in part of the plant, not bacteria!) and nutrients.

Plus, getting back to the original point of this thread, the less processing something goes through, the fewer opportunities it has for contamination

 

[FarmerChick]

Ok...so don't post here!

Back at ya!

 

[Wifezilla]

I think the point is that starches (white flour) break down into sugars, while sugars are already there. So, potatoes, flour, etc. are considered by many to be just as "sugary" as beet, cane or corn sugars.

Exactly. Every 50 grams of carbohydrates regardless of the source is the same as 1/4 cup of sugar.

there would be a great amount of difference in a sugar free cookie and a sugar filled cookie.

Take this for an example....

An Archway oatmeal cookie made with sugar has 17g of carbohydrates.
A sugar-free Archway oatmeal cookie has 16.1g of carbohydrates.

If you are giving one kid the sugar-free cookie and one kid the sugar-filled cookie, there is virtually NO DIFFERENCE between the two. They are BOTH loading their bodies with sugar...only the mom feeding her kid the sugar-free cookie is deluding herself that her kid is NOT getting sugar.

This thread is like pulling teeth...very painful!

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