tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795343128161476959.post339120324462572380..comments2023-09-28T05:03:23.297-05:00Comments on Letters to my Children: High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795343128161476959.post-39576329482896247312009-01-27T11:07:00.000-06:002009-01-27T11:07:00.000-06:00Cynthia! Thanks for the comments. My personal op...Cynthia! Thanks for the comments. My personal opinion is that all HFCS is bad, but it is very hard to totally avoid it. But, we are trying!<BR/><BR/>DonnaGreg and Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971301563589708491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795343128161476959.post-50659767203548273442009-01-25T22:16:00.000-06:002009-01-25T22:16:00.000-06:00Hi,My google alert for HFCS picked up your article...Hi,<BR/>My google alert for HFCS picked up your article.<BR/>I realize there are different grades of HFCS,<BR/>HFCS-42 and HFCS-55. But I disagree that HFCS<BR/>and sugar are compositionally similar.<BR/>HFCS-55 is the predominant sweetener for most beverages (all national brands of soda, lemonades, flavored teas, and ironically, most sports quenchers.) Although the ratio of saccharides in HFCS-55 (55%fructose:45glucose)appears to be similar to sucrose <BR/>(50%fructose:50%glucose), it really is not. 55/45=1.22. That means that everytime a teenager chugs a Coke or a Pepsi (bottled in the US)his liver is receiving the health "benefits"<BR/>of 22% extra fructose, compared to glucose. The metabolic danger of excess fructose over time has been well documented. What really irks me is this: I'm just a midwestern piano teacher who likes math, and I have arrived at these calculations. One would think that the sugar chemists at Cargill and Archer-Daniels-Midland have the same data. They are well aware that their industrial sweetener is fructose heavy.Cynthia1770https://www.blogger.com/profile/14460697982302389838noreply@blogger.com