I saw this post on High Fructose Corn Syrup Contaminated with Mercury on the Babyminding blog and knew I had to pass it on. High Fructose Corn Syrup was one of the first substances that Jeremy and I eliminated from our diet. Truthfully, I had not given much thought to the matter until working with someone who was so opposed to HFCS that I eventually felt compelled to take a good look at this preservative and sugar substitute; what I came away wondering is why I would choose to put something so refined and enzymatically altered into my body? The other aspect to look at is why HFCS is so prevalent and what it comes down to is corn subsidies which make the substance much less expensive than sugar and other preservatives, but at what cost? Since corn is so highly subsidized, it is our tax dollars that create this unhealthy disparity.
photo by: Gaetan Lee
Since deciding to turn my back on HFCS I have discovered a delightful world of sweeteners that already exist in nature and are also low on the glycemic index like Agave and Stevia. Although I am a convert to the opposition of high fructose corn syrup and have basically eliminated the substance from my diet, I had been in the dark on Mercury Contamination of High Fructose Corn Syrup. This is just another reminder of where over-processed and enzymatically altered substances take us.
