The Harmful Effects of High Fructose Corn Syrup
You have heard the term high fructose corn syrup if you have
spent any time on health websites, magazine articles or television shows.
Commonly referred to as HFCS, the sweetener accounts for more calories than any
other food option in the entire American diet.
The
Harmful Effects of HFCS
High fructose corn syrup, so commonly found because corn has
become one of the cheapest most widely available crops, acts as an alternative
sweetener to normal table sugar. The fructose has a much sweeter taste and acts
as a much more cost effective option for food producers and manufacturers.
Ultimately, HFCS acts as the number one cause for obesity in the world, especially in the United
States of America. The sweetener has the ability to decrease metabolism and
hinder the natural production of insulin
and other appetite controllers, amongst other problems.
1. Obesity
HFCS limits your body’s ability to produce insulin and leptin,
making it difficult to metabolize food and regulate appetite. The pancreas
remains insulin resistance
to all types of fructose, including HFCS, severely hindering appetite control.
2. Diabetes
Due to obesity and an irregular fluctuation of insulin, HFCS
leads to diabetes in many people. Continual pancreatic damage remains the main
cause of diabetes.
3. Tooth Infections and Decay
Foods rich in sugars and sweeteners like HFCS
rot teeth by decaying the enamel coating.
4. LDL Cholesterol and Triglycerides Increase
Sugars metabolize into fat, therefore increasing
your unhealthy cholesterol levels along with the fat storages in your body.
Since high fructose corn syrup does not cause the secretion of insulin or
leptin, foods with high levels of the sweetener become nearly fully absorbed
and metabolized into fat and cholesterol.
5. Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Heart
Disease
High amounts of HFCS often result in higher
cholesterol, which in turn blocks arteries and the flow of blood to and from
the heart. This process weakens the heart muscles and the ability for new
oxygen to circulate throughout the body. The increase in fat storages also
harms heart health.
6. Anemia
In order for your body to digest HFCS and other
sugars that contain no vitamins or minerals, you must use other storages of the
valuable nutrients, depleting your body of its natural amounts.
7. Poor Immunity
HFCS interfere with the creation of hormones and
enzymes in your body that normally defend major diseases.
8. Lack of Calories
Even though foods that contain high levels of
HFCS provide a ton of calories, those calories have no nutritional value at
all. This often gets labeled as the empty calorie phenomenon.
9. Fatigue
High levels of sugar cause your body to release
greater amounts of hormones and endorphins that slow the body down.
10. Mood Swings and Withdrawal
Too much sugar and HFCS will cause your body to
crave more, and when trying to cut back, the desire and cravings only increase.
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