I've been really annoyed lately, at those new commercials for the Corn Refiners Association, makers of the wonderfully empty food product we all know as HFCS or High Fructose Corn Syrup.
High Fructose Corn Syrup's newest ally, is the commercials where "conservative close minded idiots who believe everything they hear" are shocked when a friend or loved one serves and consumes something containing HFCS. Then, the "liberally sound of mind" person in the commercial gently in a very "oh, you silly stupid person, let me explain to you in stupid man terms why you are so stupid" way lets their overly concerned friend know that HFCS is "natural" and that it's made from corn, and that's it's fine in moderation, just like sugar.
What I don't understand, is WHY america is so willing to buy this CRAP. You might like to know a little bit about what SUGAR actually does to your body. Aside from the dangers of over consuming it, (like diabetes, and things like that) what it does, or rather DOESN'T do in your stomach is what makes SUGAR less than ideal to be consuming large amounts of. When you eat food, there is a chemical reaction caused by the digestion of food, that causes your brain to register that you have eaten. Some foods cause this reaction for longer. Protien and Fiber are two that trigger this mental acknowlegment of fullness the best. Sugar causes the weakest form of chemical trigger to your brain. High Fructose Corn Syrup, doesn't cause it at all. So in other words, when you eat a cookie that was made from scratch at home, and you put REAL SUGAR in it, you brain might not get a good signal that you ate something, but it gets a signal. When you eat a cookie from the store that was made with HFCS, your brain doesn't get the registration that you had much to eat at all. In the natural progression of things, one could safely assume that this MIGHT cause you to eat MORE cookies, and no one is arguing that that might not be good for you.
So I offer you this:
A cup from my local coffee shop. Says right on the cup that it's made from corn. In this case, made from corn being a plus because it makes the cup eco friendly, and easily degraded in a landfill. Using the logic of the HFCS comercial, I should be fine to go ahead and eat the sucker....
but I think I'll pass.
thanks i thought i was the only one
ReplyDeletei get so heated when i see the 'paid for by the whatever corn association'
GRRR so basically uninformed ppl who just 'heard' that hfc is bad are misinformed cuz they can't explain themselves....cheeezwhiz.....
Okay, for some reason, these commercials bring to mind those old ads from the 30s (or so)....you know, the ones where the doctor recommends a certain brand of cigarettes? Or the one with the happy family....why are they so happy? Because they eat LARD! You know what ads I'm talking about? :)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm pretty sure it's a sign of the apocalypse. Or maybe that's just because I'm reading "1984" and those commercials also remind me of the tripe spewed by "The Party" and "Big Brother"....yeah. They're absolutely ridiculous.
Everytime I see one of those high fructose corn syrup ads I think "Someone was paid to come up with this?" closely followed up with "And why were they paid to come up with this?"
ReplyDeletethat cup cracks me up!
ReplyDeleteOMG those commercials make me nuts! I keep expecting the mom who pimps the HFCS drink to offer the kids cigarettes, too. That is how ridiculous it is. Does the corn association of america really think we all did not read YOU: The Owner's Manual? Come on!!! When Dr. Oz talked, I listened.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fabulous post. I am going to put it up as a favorite post of the day. People have no idea about the whole HFCS ramifications, and actually, about corn itself. It's a starch that's marketed as a vegetable right up there with broccoli, and it is over-eaten. But the high fructose corn syrup which people are letting their children consume in mass quantities is making cheap-ass manufaturers rich and giving the rest of us diabetes. I'm not over-stating it and neither are you. If I could tell Obama to make this one of his goals, I would. This is a threat to the future health of Americans, as we have seen from the fact that poor health issues are increasing, not decreasing.
ReplyDeleteWell, I will extend a thank-you to you for your cute message! Kissin everyone!
ReplyDeleteHere's the deal: I honestly haven't seen the commercials because I shun commercials like plague. But I've been around long enough and read enough about nutrition and health to realize bogosity when I see it, and I have no doubt that these are the same propaganda films that promote any deceit. I don't mean to be rabid about it, it's just that people seem to think if it's written down or if it's on tv, it's true.
Happy thanksgiving!
Wow, I cannot believe that cup! What's up with that! I find the commercials to be insulting, but then again I find most of the ads on tv to be insulting! My daughter and I both keep sugar consumption to them minumum, living with a diabetic and seeing the horrible effects of this disease on my husband is enough to make you want to run for the hills. Sending Thanksgiving Blessings to you and your family!
ReplyDeletewell said! as a mom who will not feed THAT to my child-thanks! (can i say it works on my students? they don't understand the difference! ugh... so TV ads work...)
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