High Fructose Corn Syrup

The source of the first world health problems

Erik Ambrosius SvenningsenIssam Alsaifi

First world health problems

• Obesity

• Hypertension

• Type 2 Diabetes Miletus

• Cardiovascular diseases

• Lipid problems

Sugars

• Lactose

• Maltose

• Glucose

• Sucrose

• Fructose

Fructose

• Is not metabolized like Glucose

• Does not stimulate insulin release

• Thus, no release of leptin

• Does not suppress the hunger hormone Ghrelin

History

• Richard Nixon ’’Food should never be an issue in a presidential election’’

• High fructose corn syrup invented in Japan 1966

• Introduced on the American market 1975

High fructose corn syrup

• Cheaper

• Sweeter Glucose has a sweetness score of 100 HCFS has a sweetness score of 120

Where do we find it?

• Soft drinks

• Bread

• Breakfast cereals

• Sauces

• Sweets

• Snacks

• Dairy products

What does high fructose intake cause?

• Obesity

• Hypertension

• Type 2 Diabetes Miletus

• Cardiovascular diseases

• Lipid problems

• All of these problems = Metabolic syndrome

Conclusion and solutions

• High fructose corn syrup is poison

• Fructose is not metabolized like glucose

• Un-natural fructose causes the first world health problems

• Eat less HFCS

• Excercis

Sources

• http://advances.nutrition.org/content/4/2/226.full

• http://www.celestialhealing.net/Food_contain_HFCS.htm

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11815315

• http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/generalinformationaboutcarcinogens/known-and-probable-human-carcinogens