High Fructose Corn Syrup Research

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David Saldivar
23 March 2014
Biology 101 MWF 11 am
Jill Parsell
High Fructose Corn Syrup vs “Regular” Sugar
High Fructose Corn Syrup is found in a lot of the foods and drinks we consume. It is something that is consumed on a regular basis by not only Americans but by plenty of others across the world and sometimes we might not even note the difference between it and “real” sugar. HFCS comes from a type of corn known as “Dent” corn, dent corn is transformed into cornstarch by being cleaned, soaked, ground, milled, and dried corn starch is then converted into a liquid state in a process known as hydrolysis (Sloan, 2013). Once in a liquid state, HFCS is then used to not only add a sweet flavor to drinks and food but it also can be used as a form of coloring to the consumables. What you would label as “regular” sugar is essentially the same the same thing as HFCS when you break them down chemically, the only difference between the two is that their chemical components are placed in different order (Beil, 2013).
At first glance, the graph may seem to show that there is correlation between HFCS intake and the percentage of obesity. It is important to remember that there are possibly several other factors out there that could also be causing the obesity percentage to go up. Factors such as our technological advancements and environmental influences, which is leading to more and more people becoming less active could also be a reasonable possibility for the increase in obesity (NHLBI, 2012). However, it is also important to note the increase in beverage size in fast food restaurants, as the increase in beverage size goes up so does our intake of HFCS and also that many Americans are against having their drink size restricted (Brown, 20...

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...r you so it would be for the best if you approach other foods you consume with a similar approach as well as making sure you’re maintaining an active lifestyle

Work Cited
Beil, Laura. 16 May 2013. Sweet Confusion: Does High Fructose Corn Syrup deserve such a bad rap?. Retrieved From https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sweet-confusion
Brown, Alyssa. 26 June 2013. Americans Reject Size Limit on Soft Drinks in Restaurants. Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/poll/163238/americans-reject-size-limit-soft- drinks-restaurants.aspx
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 13 July 2012 What Causes Overweight and Obesity?. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/obe/causes.html
Sloan, Carol. 18 July 2013. The History of High Fructose Corn Syrup. Retrieved from http://sweetsurprise.com/2013/07/18/blog/The-History-of-High-Fructose-Corn-Syrup

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