High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity!

Team- Great job this week. Rain didn’t stop you. You worked out indoors on rainy days and did some walking and running during the week. No rain should stop you from working out. Continue to train and eat healthy daily especially while traveling or attending upcoming celebrations.

Talking about celebrations, my little sister is graduating this weekend with a Bachelors in Chemistry from University of Houston-Downtown. She wanted me to share her recent project with the team. I actually helped her too. I did the comic section. She always talks to the family about bonds, polymers, molecules and chemicals. I just listen and nod my head. It is another language to me when she explains many chemical processes.  I listened when she explained the chemical process for corn and High Fructose Corn Syrup.
There is a new campaign that is working on persuading the general public that corn and sugar are the same. This is what we are being told:

But when you read the newsletter that Claudia and her biochemistry classmates made you will see that there is a big difference in the process. This is the truth: Please read the following public service announcement: Korny News!

Turns out that there is a relationship between consuming High Fructose Corn Syrup and obesity. This is scary. For instance Coca Cola company switched from sugar to high fructose corn syrup about 30 years ago to save money in ingredients while making more money in selling the products. “In 2004, a study published by researchers from Louisiana State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill theorized that High Fructose Corn Syrup in beverages could play a role in the obesity epidemic.”  huffingtonpost, consumerreports

Continue to read your food labels and eat more natural food than processed. Eating healthy improves your overall health.

Remember, when it comes to fitness. I want to see results…not excuses…it’s for your health!
-Coach ACT