Comments on: High Fructose Corn Syrup – YUM!

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:47:57 +0000

Oh, I am trying SO hard to eat clean right now. I have found the best way to avoid all the craptastic foods is to make food from scratch.

We still have food that is not great for you, but I only use real butter, olive oil, canola oil, etc… I try to buy organic when possible, and have virtually cut out anything that comes in a can.

Staying away from preprepared foods is hard, but even if you make your own junk food it’s still better for you because you know what is going into it.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:48:30 +0000

When we’re hungry, our bodies crave foods that provide an immediate rush of serotonin (foods like sugar and carbs). But research has found that better choices would be foods high in Omega 3 fatty acids, which are found in fish, and can boost brain power, clear cholesterol and help depression. Another great food is lean turkey which has tryptophan, which increases serotonin to improve your mood and combat depression and helps you resist cravings for simple carbs.

By: Tracee

Tracee — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:03:34 +0000

Yet don’t doctors treat seratonin in the brain with pills for depression? What foods can up the seratonin?

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:56:15 +0000

T- I have their new book, YOU ON A DIET, The owner’s manual for Waist Management. It’s great. One of the most fascinating facts in it is that 95% of your body’s seratonin is found in the intestines, while your central nervous system has only about 2%. Seratonin is what helps control depression in the brain. Your intestine helps guide you in all of the decisions you make about eating. No wonder food can be so powerfully addictive.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:49:53 +0000

No problem!

By: Stacks

Stacks — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:18:09 +0000

Hey, more power to you. I was just kidding. I don’t really even like real Oreos that much.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:55:25 +0000

I think that reduced fat snackwells vanilla creme cookies and reduced fat oreos are as good as the regular fat ones, and they’re still totally bad for me. i’m just saving some fat grams. So they’re a special treat.

By: Stacks

Stacks — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:37:43 +0000

First of all, Rebecca, low fat snackwells as a treat? Um, okay.

I started limiting HCFS last year. I buy natural peanut butter and Kashi granola bars and crackers. I’ve found several of these items available at Walmart if you have one of those near you.

It costs more money though, no way around that. I look at it as an investment in my health, one that will pay off later down the road (what do you think the copay for a heart attack is?) From everything I have read HFCS increases weight gain, raises triglyceride levels, induces insulin resistance, increase blood pressure and even promotes bone density loss.

I already have enough problems.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:37:52 +0000

Yep, I’ve read it and really like it. But, I still buy one thing w/high fructose corn syrup b/c I crave a sugary snack sometimes. I just keep in mind that it’s worse than sugar so it’s pretty easy to limit myself to that one serving. And if it is going to have HFCS as the first ingredient (which it always is), it’s going to be low fat snackwells cookies or something really yummy, not something healthy like yogurt, b/c there are great tasting yogurts that don’t have HFCS. So there are times when I just really crave a sugary something, and a piece of fruit or a yogurt just doesn’t cut it. I figure if I eat a minimal amount of HFCS it’s not going to hurt me.

Oh, and I still eat crackers. Not even whole grain ones necessarily. I eat the low fat wheat thins.

I’ve read the nutrition label of everything. If I’m eating HFCS, I want to know I’m doing it so that I can make sure I limit my portion to the serving size and not eat the whole box. Deep inside I have another version of myself that could literally eat bags and bags of chips and cookies. It’s hard work to keep her in check! I read labels b/c it’s sobering and keeps me in line.