Research findings suggest that cutting back on high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) may help prevent hypertension.
HFCS is included in many processed foods and beverages, and obesity rates have risen sharply since the introduction of HFCS 20 years ago. With its connection to both obesity and hypertension, high fructose corn syrup is becoming the big bad wolf on the ingredients list.

In a new study, Diana Jalal, MD at the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center and her colleagues examined 4,528 adults with no prior history of hypertension.
The researchers found that people who consumed more than 74 grams a day of …read more

Most Americans consume around 22 teaspoons of sugar added to food and drink each day, but the American Heart Association says that number should be much lower. For women, they suggest consuming no more than six teaspoons (100 calories) of added sugar each day.
Men get a bit more sugar allowance! The American Heart Association says that men can consume up to 150 calories a day or nine teaspoons of added sugar.

The added sugar intake recommendations were published online Monday in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association.
Why sugar intake recommendations now?
The suggestions on sugar intake aim to help reduce …read more

So I weighed in this morning at 7 pounds less than 5 weeks ago.
That 2 hours before bed seems to be the magic key to weight loss. Well, that’s a little simplistic, because I made all the other changes first over the last year-and-a-half. - drinking water, extreme amounts of exercise, whole grain bread and noodles, baked not fried, and adding breakfast and healthy snacks.
In Bob Greene’sThe Best Life Diet you can’t eat 2 hours before bed. It took me 16 months to lose about 20-25 pounds doing all the other stuff put together.  That’s what? 1.4 pounds a month?
But, in one month, actually …read more

Have you read YOU: The Owner’s Manual: An Insider’s Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger? Since reading it I’ve been reading the backs of labels.
I didn’t know it but High Fructose Corn Syrup is my favorite food on the planet. I’m actually unsure if it’s possible not to eat it. Maybe if you have access to a lot of health food stores in a big-city you might be able to do it, but I’m questioning whether in a meat-n-potatoes small town it’s even a viable and affordable option.
Some of the thing I previously believed were healthy …read more