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  Diabetics seem to notice a difference with HCFS

  At other forums for diabetics, some posts indicate that diabetics experience a difference in their blood sugar levels with high fructose corn syrup compared to cane sugar.

  One guy made an experiment out of it. He had HCFS. Measured his blood sugar level. Then he had cane sugar. Measured his blood sugar. His blood sugar level with HCFS was twice as high as his blood sugar level with cane sugar. His comment is just above here http://tudiabetes.com/forum/topics/583967:Topic:261850?pa ... {I couldn't figure out a direct link - sorry}

  I've seen posts from Audrae Erickson and the Corn Refiner's Association from the past month at several other blogs and websites. I wish she would reply a second time to this and other people's comments.

  And a shout out to sorghum, maple syrup, and honey. That string of comments gave me a laugh.On The story behind the corn industry's cloying ad blitz posted 1 year ago 12 Responses

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  Diabetic that noticed the difference

  Having recently seen the King Corn documentary, I've been reading a bit on the subject lately. For those who say that high fructose corn syrup is the same as sugar, I was surprised to see a diabetic who experimented on himself. It was in another web forum for diabetics.

  This guy tried HCFS. Measured his blood sugar. Then he tried cane sugar. Measured his blood sugar. His blood sugar level with HCFS was twice as high as his blood sugar level with cane sugar. His comment is just above here http://tudiabetes.com/forum/topics/583967:Topic:261850?pa ... {I couldn't figure out a direct link - sorry}

  Granted this was HCFS and not straight corn syrup.On As Halloween nears, beware of the 'fat-free' candy corn posted 1 year ago 2 Responses

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  Getting corn out of cola

  I've been doing some web surfing on high fructose corn syrup this past week (just saw King Corn this weekend), and I keep seeing the Corn Refiner's Association posting on several other sites about the joys of HCFS. For any cola drinkers reading and wanting corn to disappear from cola, I joined this campaign to encourage cola companies to use cane sugar or beet sugar instead of HFCS. Sign up at http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/dear-high-fructose-corn ...

  Seeing many of the posts from my researching in favor of HCFS and from the corn refiner's association, one has to ask him/herself if HCFS is as good as sugar, why don't other countries embrace it like it is in the U.S.? The strange thing is that it seems like most cola companies instead use cane sugar outside of the U.S. In fact, I've come across some other sites with posts from when people discover Pepsi or Coke with cane sugar from Mexico being sold in U.S. stores because people seem to like that taste better.

  It seems this really has to do with the corn subsidies and tariffs on sugar imports, which created the market conditions for high fructose corn syrup in the first place. I easily imagine that if these conditions were changed than we'd quickly see corn syrup disappear from processed food.On Confirming Pollan, PNAS study shows that fast-food chains mainly peddle corn posted 1 year ago 12 Responses

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  As for the next administration working on this...

  As for Obama working on this issue...I doubt it in at least the first two years of the administration. They have such a legislative heavy priority list that their hands will be tied on war issues, economy issues, energy issues, and cleaning up the government & lobbyist connections. I'd think he'd be willing to take it on if he thought there was enough legislative support and interest from the public in the subject. This is where the whole petition and letter writing from people reading this post would come in. Maybe if Schwarzenegger jumped on board as part of a bi-partisan healthy eating campaign of some sort.On Confirming Pollan, PNAS study shows that fast-food chains mainly peddle corn posted 1 year ago 12 Responses