Feature by our Editorial Assistant Colleen
Corn syrup plays a role in many of our dietary lives. It sneaks in through soft drinks, fruit drinks, candies and it’s also found in some fast foods. It’s added to sugar in foods because it’s sweeter than natural sugar (and North Americans love their sweets). In some cases, it’s the type of sugar that has replaced natural sugar … except it’s not good for you.
Corn syrup is something we all should be aware of and maybe think about skipping out on. I think Canadians are starting to get the picture. If you look at Statistics Canada’s numbers on beverages you’ll see Canadians have been drinking less soft drinks and fruit juice lately.
Americans for the most part are also following in the footsteps of their Canadian cousins because beverage consumption of soft drinks in the U.S.( according to Mintel Marketing) is said to have continued to drop.
>>> Here are the top 5 reasons why corn syrup might be making you fat:
1) Although products that are high in fructose aren’t necessarily worse than other sweeteners, they are dangerous because those foods are so easy to eat, especially something like jam, which may cause you to gain more weight.
2) Foods that contain high fructose corn syrup usually contain empty calories, which means you probably won’t find much nutritional value in them. Obviously these foods make you fat because even though it makes you feel full, your body still needs nutrients that those foods are lacking in which means you eat more, and voilà, weight gain.
3) It’s hard to control the amount of foods with high fructose corn syrup you digest. Most of us aren’t aware how common corn syrup is in foods (you should read labels carefully).
4) It makes you feel hungrier! And this of course makes you eat more and gain more weight.
5) We’re just eating more. The more we eat, the more we see people gaining weight. We can’t completely blame corn syrup for that.
The bottom line is that we should treat foods with corn syrup very carefully and you should eat these products in moderation.
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Feature by our Editorial Assistant Colleen
Corn syrup plays a role in many of our dietary lives. It sneaks in through soft drinks, fruit drinks, candies and it’s also found in some fast foods. It’s added to sugar in foods because it’s sweeter than natural sugar (and North Americans love their sweets). In some cases, it’s the type of sugar that has replaced natural sugar … except it’s not good for you.
Corn syrup is something we all should be aware of and maybe think about skipping out on. I think Canadians are starting to get the picture. If you look at Statistics Canada’s numbers on beverages you’ll see Canadians have been drinking less soft drinks and fruit juice lately.
Americans for the most part are also following in the footsteps of their Canadian cousins because beverage consumption of soft drinks in the U.S.( according to Mintel Marketing) is said to have continued to drop.
>>> Here are the top 5 reasons why corn syrup might be making you fat:
1) Although products that are high in fructose aren’t necessarily worse than other sweeteners, they are dangerous because those foods are so easy to eat, especially something like jam, which may cause you to gain more weight.
2) Foods that contain high fructose corn syrup usually contain empty calories, which means you probably won’t find much nutritional value in them. Obviously these foods make you fat because even though it makes you feel full, your body still needs nutrients that those foods are lacking in which means you eat more, and voilà, weight gain.
3) It’s hard to control the amount of foods with high fructose corn syrup you digest. Most of us aren’t aware how common corn syrup is in foods (you should read labels carefully).
4) It makes you feel hungrier! And this of course makes you eat more and gain more weight.
5) We’re just eating more. The more we eat, the more we see people gaining weight. We can’t completely blame corn syrup for that.
The bottom line is that we should treat foods with corn syrup very carefully and you should eat these products in moderation.
© All copyrights reserved to http://www.eatsmartagesmart.com in all countries.
>>>> If you’re viewing this healthy eating or healthy living tip as part of an aggregated content stream from different sites, or as a re-blogged post, please check out the content on the original Web site at www.EatSmartAgeSmart.com