Did You Know?

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-25-2004
Did You Know?
3
Fri, 04-13-2007 - 3:44pm

DYK that the average american consumed over 63 pounds of HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) in 2001 and over 154 pounds of caloric sweeteners (namely sucrose (table sugar) and HFCS)?


From my understanding, HFCS is the worst because it doesn't trigger the chemical messengers that tell the stomach that the brain is full, which is why we can drink a 32 oz soda and still be hungry, even though it has a few hundred calories.


How much do YOU consume?


 


Photobucket

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-09-2007
In reply to: weird_me2
Sat, 04-14-2007 - 10:02am

Staci,


Thanks for posting this!

Annie

"We do not think ourselves into new ways of living.  We live ourselves into new ways of thinking."  &nbsp

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-06-2006
In reply to: weird_me2
Sun, 04-15-2007 - 8:58am
Thank God.. that's one less thing I have to worry about.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-25-2004
In reply to: weird_me2
Sun, 04-15-2007 - 10:51pm

I make a lot of my own foods, too, so I actually don't eat much HFCS (except in the candy I allow myself periodically, which I usually limit to about 100 calories a day).


 


Photobucket