Endocrinologist Robert Lustig was one of the first to recognize the dangers of HFCS but his findings were discredited at the time. Meanwhile a US Congress report blamed fat, not sugar, for the disturbing rise in cardio-vascular disease and the food industry responded with ranges of ‘low fat’, ‘heart healthy’ products in which the fat was removed – but the substitute was yet more sugar.
Around the world, obesity levels are rising. More people are now overweight than undernourished. Two thirds of adults are overweight and one in four of us is classified as obese. In the first of this three-part series, British journalist Jacques Peretti traces those responsible for revolutionizing our eating habits, to find out how decisions made in America 40 years ago influence the way we eat now.
Peretti travels to America to investigate the story of high-fructose corn syrup.
The sweetener was championed in the US in the 1970s by Richard Nixon’s agriculture secretary Earl Butz to make use of the excess corn grown by farmers. Cheaper and sweeter than sugar, it soon found its way into almost all processed foods and soft drinks. HFCS is not only sweeter than sugar, it also interferes with leptin, the hormone that controls appetite, so once you start eating or drinking it, you don’t know when to stop.
Originally aired in Britain, Jacques Peretti’s video series is mind blowing and disturbing! Watch it.
How fat are we, really?
Why’re we’re biologically programmed to become Supersized.
How purportedly Healthy Foods are Making Us Fat.
Remember, the food industry only makes what we will eat. Isn’t it time to fight back by not buying this crap they’re bent on feeding us? Our fast food nation (now world) is literally killing us!
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