Mercury found in high fructose corn syrup
More bad news for soda drinkers. Not only does high fructose corn syrup make you fat faster than other sugars, it may pollute your body with toxic mercury. And it isn’t just soda … products tested included foods “from the brands Hershey’s, Quaker, Hunt’s, Manwich, Smucker’s, Kraft, Nutri-Grain, and Yoplait,” according to US News and World Report. Read more from the Wall Street Journal.
January 29th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Ha–I knew there was something a bit more fishy than just changing the chemical makeup of corn in order to create a cheap and unhealthy sweetener that is addictive. Now mercury! Thanks for the update–I will have to write an article for my blog–please check it out if you have time and inclination–I and other nutritionists write about all sorts of holistic nutrition, weightloss, and motivation topics—http://www.bodaweightloss.com/blog
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