Comments on: Dangerous Trend: Kids, Fast Food, Liver Cirrhosis http://medheadlines.com/2008/05/05/dangerous-trend-kids-fast-food-liver-cirrhosis/ Medical news updated 24 hours Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:50:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dan http://medheadlines.com/2008/05/05/dangerous-trend-kids-fast-food-liver-cirrhosis/comment-page-1/#comment-9718 Dan Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:46:40 +0000 http://medheadlines.com/2008/05/05/dangerous-trend-kids-fast-food-liver-cirrhosis/#comment-9718 Hi! I was kind of wondering, is Spring Time a healthy place to eat? It seems to have grown on that assumption as people chose to believe it. Thanks. Hi! I was kind of wondering, is Spring Time a healthy place to eat? It seems to have grown on that assumption as people chose to believe it.
Thanks.

]]> By: Counter Point http://medheadlines.com/2008/05/05/dangerous-trend-kids-fast-food-liver-cirrhosis/comment-page-1/#comment-8376 Counter Point Mon, 19 May 2008 12:10:11 +0000 http://medheadlines.com/2008/05/05/dangerous-trend-kids-fast-food-liver-cirrhosis/#comment-8376 With all due respect to the president - HFCS which is made from corn is not metabolized in the liver in the same way other sugars are. HFCS has been linked to Fatty Liver disease and has been banned in several countries around the world for years – unfortunately, the United States subsidizes corn and keeps the cost of sugar artificially high (which also has an effect on global warming - sugar ethanol fuel is 8x more efficient than corn). HFCS is on its way out - both Coca-Cola and Pepsi co are researching safer alternatives. The only reason HFCS is in everything is because it’s cheap – not healthy. Do your liver a favor and avoid HFCS - even if the Corn Refiners Association would prefer otherwise. With all due respect to the president - HFCS which is made from corn is not metabolized in the liver in the same way other sugars are. HFCS has been linked to Fatty Liver disease and has been banned in several countries around the world for years – unfortunately, the United States subsidizes corn and keeps the cost of sugar artificially high (which also has an effect on global warming - sugar ethanol fuel is 8x more efficient than corn). HFCS is on its way out - both Coca-Cola and Pepsi co are researching safer alternatives. The only reason HFCS is in everything is because it’s cheap – not healthy.

Do your liver a favor and avoid HFCS - even if the Corn Refiners Association would prefer otherwise.

]]> By: Audrae Erickson http://medheadlines.com/2008/05/05/dangerous-trend-kids-fast-food-liver-cirrhosis/comment-page-1/#comment-8198 Audrae Erickson Tue, 06 May 2008 19:34:26 +0000 http://medheadlines.com/2008/05/05/dangerous-trend-kids-fast-food-liver-cirrhosis/#comment-8198 High fructose corn syrup, sugar, honey, and several fruit juices all contain the same simple sugars. High fructose corn syrup has the same number of calories as sugar. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted high fructose corn syrup “Generally Recognized as Safe” status for use in food, and reaffirmed that ruling in 1996 after thorough review. The suggestion that diets high in fat and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) damage the liver is based on research conditions that are unrealistic. By design, the Saint Louis University researchers' mouse diet of 40% added fat and 46% added sugars contained nearly twice the fat and more than twice the sugars of the typical American diet. It should surprise no one that the mice developed symptoms of metabolic overload under these conditions. High fructose corn syrup, sugar, honey, and several fruit juices all contain the same simple sugars. High fructose corn syrup has the same number of calories as sugar. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted high fructose corn syrup “Generally Recognized as Safe” status for use in food, and reaffirmed that ruling in 1996 after thorough review. Learn more about high fructose corn syrup at www.HFCSfacts.com. Audrae Erickson President Corn Refiners Association High fructose corn syrup, sugar, honey, and several fruit juices all contain the same simple sugars.

High fructose corn syrup has the same number of calories as sugar. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted high fructose corn syrup “Generally Recognized as Safe” status for use in food, and reaffirmed that ruling in 1996 after thorough review.

The suggestion that diets high in fat and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) damage the liver is based on research conditions that are unrealistic.

By design, the Saint Louis University researchers’ mouse diet of 40% added fat and 46% added sugars contained nearly twice the fat and more than twice the sugars of the typical American diet. It should surprise no one that the mice developed symptoms of metabolic overload under these conditions.

High fructose corn syrup, sugar, honey, and several fruit juices all contain the same simple sugars.

High fructose corn syrup has the same number of calories as sugar. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted high fructose corn syrup “Generally Recognized as Safe” status for use in food, and reaffirmed that ruling in 1996 after thorough review.

Learn more about high fructose corn syrup at http://www.HFCSfacts.com.

Audrae Erickson

President

Corn Refiners Association

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