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Is there any escaping this stuff? There are some serious health concerns about consumption of HFCS. Of course studies funded by agribusiness concerns declare it completely safe but I have doubts about their objectivity. Some research suggests that there is a link between HFCS and obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes. While the jury may still be out, there is enough circumstantial evidence to make me avoid HFCS.

Trying to get it out of my kids’ diet is darned near impossible. Just about the only products that don’t contain it are organic. We have switched to organic whole wheat bread and organic yogurt. I still can’t find hotdog and hamburger buns that are HFCS-free and edible to a 9-year-old boy.

What really gets me is that many of the products containing high fructose corn syrup have “All Natural” on the label. This stuff is made in a lab not a kitchen. How can food producers claim it is “natural?”

Check the labels on the food you and your kids eat. You’ll be shocked at how much HFCS you are consuming.

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