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HFCS Rant

Since being diagnosed with DFI, I have been reading labels more closely.   Not to say I didn't before but now I am reading labels on things you would never suspect HFCS to be added in.   So here is my rant.   Why does HFCS need to be added to beef consome, saltine crackers, cream of mushroom soup???   Was this how the recipe was intended??   I have made beef consome and mushroom soup from scratch and never once did the recipe call for HFCS.    Why does it need to be added to Crystal Light drink mixes?   Isn't this suppose to be a low calorie drink that encourages people to drink more water.   How can this be helpful?   I really hope the food industry becomes wise to exactly what adding this to products that don't need it is doing to our diets.    Yes there is some personal responsibility and we should be informed consumers.  BUT COME ON!!   I would have never guessed HFCS would be in these items until I really read the label.   I even have to ask about the coating on my medications (yes even there we find HFCS).

I hope one day we can go back to natural ingredients.  No HFCS or GMO foods.   Just what nature gives us.

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Here here!

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  2. MelindaFebruary 14, 2011 at 5:31 AM

    This posting caught my eye right away! We cut out corn syrup several years ago and found it to be one of the most pervasive harmful ingredients, second to MSG in all of its hidden forms! We live clean and simple now, we've never felt better!

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  3. AmyFebruary 14, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    I am still amazed at all the things it is added into and people don't even know it. Drives me crazy. I thought I was informed until I was diagnosed with DFI. Now I feel even more informed about corn syrup and other names it may go by.

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