Currently there is a raging debate whether High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is a major cause of the obesity epidemic in the United States today.
I am not going to get into this controversy.
I recommend my patients, my family and my friends to stay away from HFCS as much as humanly possible. We all know that most soft drinks contain High Fructose Corn Syrup.
I have a 35-year-old patient who developed diabetes mellitus recently. He denied over eating his meals. After further questioning, he admitted that he consumed about 2 to 3 Liters of regular soda-pops daily. I advised him to stop drinking soda-pops immediately. Initially he weighed about 360 lbs. He lost 30 lbs. in 4 months by just eliminating one drink item. He still have a long way to go.
This patient also was told to learn to read all food labels and avoid HFCS because it a sweetener and too much sweetener will make people gain weight.
A diabetic friend of our family showed me her supplies of snacks. They were an unopened big box of cookies and an open smaller box of milk chocolates. Immediately, I told her to dump the milk chocolates and give the cookies to the homeless people. I also recommend her to snack with nuts, such as almonds, the calories of which must be considered to be within the daily allowance for her condition.
In summary, High Fructose Corn Syrup is sweetener in many foods and drinks. Any one can unknowingly consume too much of this sweetener. According to the US government statistics, the American children consume less and less milk. They drink soda-pops instead.
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