overstated / july 2007

I dunno, I have avoided corn syrup almost completely for about five years now, and it had a negligible, minor at best impact on my health. I think it’s bad, but it’s only one part of the problem.

Hmm… as someone who avoids most sugars, this is only part of the problem, there’s so much processed food, but even then… really the only solution is to

NOT EAT SO DAMN MUCH

&

GET SOME DAMN EXERCISE

So… how about the no-corn anything diet… that goes for you and your vehicle. No corn syrup, no ethanol… and since most gas has ethanol… I guess that means more walking/biking

Ooh! Ooh! Have you written a book on this? Cause you know its not legit until you’ve written a book on it!

There is an UNHOLY alliance btwn the corn industry, the beef industry, the pharma industry and the oil industry. And these industries also share a couple RED STATES in common: Texas (Bush), Kansas (Dole), Iowa (Grassly), Florida (Bush)

Consider:

Petroleum-based Fertilizers
Corn products - Sugars - fuel
Beef products, animal products
Oil Industry

The all work together. Big Oil gets the fertilizers to over produce yield on sugar products like corn. Big AgraBusiness provides the science research on optimizing genetics for sugar yield. They also patented and released the GMO strains into the environment, squeezing out the healthier, less sugary version. Sugars are then used for processing yielding both fuels for Big Oil and AgraBiz for packaged goods making highly sweet- products and transfat-laced bricks that can sit on shelves for years. The Chemical/BigPharma industries provide the science and the additives and colors and preservatives to make those products cheap and stable. The impacts of these chemicals on humans are secondary if not irrelevant.

Oh did I forget PESTICIDES?

Turns out that Corn-sweeteners, in addition to being wasteful to produce, are also psycho-active. In other words, they turn off your brains ability to detect sugar intake. This is why you can drink a SUPER BIG GULP of 64 oz of Mountain Dew and consume 1500 calories w/out thinking. BUT were you to try to consumer 1,500 calories of say, fresh oranges, cherries, grapes or apples, you might puke before you got there.

Cattle are fed the corn products as are hogs and other animals. Cheap calories, boosting fat production and weight gain. The cattle themselves are laden with increased interstitial fat, making their meat even MORE unhealthy.

Did i mention the inhumane pens and factory farming ghoulishness that makes Abu-Gharib seem like Disneyland?

What about ANITBIOTICS? Guess who makes those? Big Pharma… all those herds deficating on themselves means lots of sores and lots of infections. Moreover, the cows leech those infections into their milk. Guess what? need more hormones! More antibiotics! Hello BIG PHARMA!!

So one has to ask oneself - if cattle are penned in, treated miserably, over-fed with cheap corn in order to gain weight then sent off to slaughter… what makes you think that our very own politicians who hail from these great states aren’t planning the same fate for their citizens?

Suburbs, terrible schools, kids w/out anything to do, prison populations exploding, over crowding, fast food everywhere, obesity, diabetes (insulin anyone? Hello Big Pharma!!) and mesmerized by television into believing that this all is AMERICAN>?! And when the TV tells you to “Go Fight For Your Country!” you fat, lazy, idiots pick up the gun, wave the flag and walk into the slaughter willingly, carrying your Coca-Cola in one hand and Hershey Bar in the other, and a Marlboro hanging off your lips.

What a scam

And if you think about the extraordinary waste in this system, it can only be made CHEAPLY if the government SUBSIDIZES the cost of the grain and the wheat and the beef. And that is where the POLITICIANS come in. These states are BOUGHT off. They vote OUR tax dollars to support these processes, that subsidize this unholy alliance - this TRUE AXIS OF EVIL.

The MOST subversive thing we can do to end the war and increase american’s health, americans’ farms, americans’ longevity - is to break the farm subsidies.

Kill the Corn industry, Kill off the beef industry and you can knock the Petrochemical industry on its back.

Boycott corn products, processed wheat of any kind, reduce packaged foods, reduce your refined sugar intake, eliminate all soda or artificial sweetners. DO NOT eat fast food. Do NOT buy soda. Do NOT buy domestic, factory beer - which is a front for the wheat/farm industry.

The cheap price is actually an expensive one when you consider the taxes you pay to support this illusion. In the end, you can take back your country by reevaluating what you spend and what you eat.

Great! Also…the author of Omnivore’s Dilemma spell’s his name Pollan…if you want to look for his stuff.

My wife and I stopped buying products listing corn syrup as an ingredient two months ago. One thing I noticed almost immediately was that I began eating less. I guess the sweetener made me want to eat more when I didn’t need to. I’ve lost 10 pounds so far without increasing the amount of exercise I do.

I am allergic to corn! So, no-corn-syrup in anything I eat. Manufacturers hide corn products under all kinds of names such as maltodextrin, dextrose, and malitol (corn sugars). Hot dogs and almost all other processed meats contain corn fillers or corn based products. Many other products contain corn starch like confectioner’s sugar, shredded cheese, and baking power. Even canned Pinto beans can contain corn syrup! Why do we need sugar in any kind of beans? It’s no wonder we a an obese country! Often labels just say starch, but most of the time in the U.S. this is corn. The FDA needs to force labeling of corn products like they do for peanuts and wheat, so consumers know what they are eating. Even a large number of pharmaceuticals contain corn products. In fact, there are allergy medicines that contain corn products!!!!

Are you wondering what are the side effects of ingesting corn for a allergic? If the quantities are small and on a consistent basis, fatigue, brain fog, increased respiration rate, and nervous jerks which can lead to sleep deprivation. If in a larger quantity, an asthma like attack. Additionally, constant corn ingestion can cause the onset of asthma. So I agree NO Corn syrup is a good thing. I am sure that the number of people who are allergic to corn will continue to rise due to the over use of this product!

WOW! I eat well, cook my own food, etc. and I am surprised at the scope of this problem. So I am going to do something-TODAY! I challenge everyone who reads this to do something TODAY and tell 10 others.

Food without corn syrup:

1) Anything that doesn’t list it in ingredients. Other corn products that might be listed aremaltodextrin, dextrose, starch, and malitol.

2) Regular fruits and vegetables !! (apples, grapes, oranges, asparagus, lettuce, tomato. . .)

3) Rice, lentils, DRIED beans (the canned kind often have corn syrup in them)

4) Note that most dairy, meat, and eggs are produced by animals that eat corn. So if you want to boycott the industry, eat fish instead.

Ok I did not see above I am going to get the book?

Does anyone know of some American beers that are completely corn-free? I am finding their websites completely vague, and though I brew my own beer, in between batches I would like to be sure I am purchasing a product in line with my ideals.
thank you!

I believe the south beach diet already involves avoiding corn syrup.