Strollerderby

That list isn't exactly scary. Are people really that uptight that they don't want to encounter any HFC at all? I can understand wanting to minimize it--I think many foods taste better with out it, even--but if you happen to have some soy sauce+HFC at home, I think you and your family will be okay.

It kills us during Passover - no HFCS in anything. I'd hate to have to watch it that carefully all the time!

The article doesn't list soy sauce - did you mean Worcestershire sauce?  It does list that.  Real soy sauce doesn't have any sweetener in it at all, although I suppose those packets of weird brown water you get with takeout Chinese might have it - but those are disgusting anyway.

So, so easy to make your own bread crumbs if you have a food processor. Just remove the crusts and grind up the stale bread -- plain old white bread makes nice fluffy crumbs but any bread will do.  Freeze until you need to use. No HFCS, you use up bread that was going to waste anyway, and it costs a lot less.

A lot of the stuff that has HFCS is unhealthy in other ways too. We do try to avoid it. I don't worry about what we eat if we go to a restaurant, but I am "uptight" about what we eat at home.

Dont people with corn allergies need to avoid HFCS?  We never eat any of it.  I am serious, never.  It is no big deal.  We get enough chemicals as it is.  HFCS was developed in the 80's so most of us never had it as children.  Our kids are the lab rats for this stuff.  Chemically altering a substance changes it.  So it does not matter it is "made from corn".  Th epoop you made this morning was made from your healthy dinner last night.  You want to eat that?  It is just chemically altered roast beef or potatoes.  I can't understand why everyone thinks plain old sugar is so bad.

thanks for the mention

My brother grew up with a HORRIBLE corn syrup allergy. We needed to avoid it in my house. He would get terrible stomach cramps and other intestinal maladies. Ironically, he never ever had trouble with whole corn. Just corn syrup. So, we avoid it in our house because of fear of a genetic predisposition toward the allergy, and because I just don't trust it. While I don't worry so much "on the fly," at home, it's a no-no. Not nearly as difficult with the advent of organics as it was growing up in the 70s.

Those commercials make me angry cause they're so ridiculous!

"what, that its made from real corn, has less calories than sugar, and is fine in moderation?"

moderation is the key, but you can't have it in moderation when it's in EVERYTHING. ughhh!!!

stupid corn refiner people. i buy as little as possible with that nonsense in it.

Hi, my name is Liz and I work for the Corn Refiner’s Association. I wanted to share some information about High Fructose Corn Syrup.

High fructose corn syrup, like table sugar and honey, is composed of fructose and glucose, which are found in many naturally-occurring fruits, vegetables and nuts. And high fructose corn syrup has the same number of calories as sugar and honey – 4 per gram.

There’s no single reason why we’ve seen the escalating rates of childhood obesity, but it all comes down to calorie balance: Many kids are eating too many calories and not burning off those calories by being active. There is no scientific evidence to suggest that high fructose corn syrup is responsible for diabetes.

There’s a lot of solid research and information at www.SweetSurprise.com and www.HFCSFacts.com. Or if you'd like a third party refernce, check out this article on “The Nevada Sagebrush” blog that discusses some of the misperceptions about High Fructose Corn Syrup. You can read it here: nevadasagebrush.com/.../clearing-the-reputation-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup

Thank you for your consideration.