Evil is Thy Name

But you probably know it as High Fructose Corn Syrup! The basis for this rant you might ask?

Well have you seen those stupid commercials that really I found to be super insulting and the add in the magazines were no better. They tried their hardest to make it look like HFCS is "just the same as sugar". Well the only 1 thing that you mentioned was that they have the same calories as sugar and "in moderation it's ok for you to consume". I love how they left out the fact that when you consume HFCS you become addicted to it and you crave more of the product. And now HFCS has been linked to Fatty Livers Disease. What the hell? These commercials all by them self made me thrilled that we have TiVo!!!

So now that I have this off my chest, as a mom I took it apon myself to do my best to remove as much HFCS from the foods/drinks I give my family. Soda's-I try really hard not to have it in the house, but I have found Coke from Mexico uses sugar and it's sold at our local store and Jones Soda is made w/sugar, and same goes for Hansen's Soda. Juice-100% juice in the house or I will dump it out. Yes I loves me a COLD Vitamin Water but at least that is made w/sugar and really not that much. Now my mission was to look for "hidden" HFCS and I found it in the form of ketchup! There is TONS of it in ketchup so I found that Trader Joe's Organic Ketchup not only uses sugar it had a really nice zip to it, also the Heinz Organic Ketchup is safe. I also found that items sold under Safeway's "O" organic brand uses sugar instead of HFCS (I am not a huge fan of the organic items but that is another post). For some reason many makers of salad dressing seems to think we need tons of the HFCS in our dressings...you can make your own or just go w/the "O" brand again. Yogurts have a ton of sugar, read your labels and and find the brands that sweeten w/honey or sugar, the Greek yogurts are getting easier to find.

I urge everyone to read your labels in the foods you eat, educate yourself and demand the best for your family. When in doubt, make it yourself then and only then will you truly know what you are eating. I know it's not always possible, heck I love a cold cold fountain Coke every now in then but just watch yourself and be healthy.