I like agave nectar the best, especially in tea and oatmeal

High fructose corn syrup is my pet peevc! I mean, c’mon they put it in apple sauce! That’s something meant to be natural! I try and avoid it as best I can.

I have not eaten food with HFCS for about a year and I’m loving it! I feel great and know that I’m doing the right thing for my body. Eating kashi products has really helped avoid HFCS but still be able to eat great food!

I’ve been purging this stuff from my body for years. I believe that I hardly consume any high fructose corn syrup at the moment. I do have one guilty pleasure that I allow myself: the occasional Mountain Dew is quite a treat but other than that I can’t recall the last time I had any. It’s great to know that others are just as passionate about eliminating it from their diets as well!

I’ve even changed the breads we buy to avoid HFCS. I do have a question about agave nectar though; is it processed in a way that also leads to unnatural processing? I read an article about it recently and it kind of scared me off as an option to sugar. I just used pure syrup at the time.

I knew HFCS was not good for my health, until I saw a demonstration last week. A bottle of soda was left to evaporate, and the cornsyrup was the only thing remaining. Since I don’t drink soda, it didn’t impact me until I heard that HFCS raises your cholesterol level, which then causes arteries to clog, etc. This was enough to make me throw out the last few items in my fridge…EEK!

One of the most common things HFCS is in is Bread. I eat the Ezekiel bread, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It is so much more satisfying than regular shelf bread.

My daughter now refuses to go grocery shopping with me because it takes me so long to read the
labels to make sure we eating as little HFCS products as we can.

For anyone doing this thinking there is NOTHING without HFCS read the labels some more. There are several cereals, (even sugary ones that are “kid-friendly”) without HFCS on normal grocery shelves. Of the 3 different brands of raisin bran we found one without HFCS.

Sodas are harder, but if you look in the Mexican aisle, there are sodas in glass bottles—even the Coke in that aisle is made without HFCS.

I hate what the companies say about their use of HFCS, too. I wrote to Del Monte to ask WHY anyone would use it in ketchup. They wrote me back and said it’s processed by the body exactly the same as regular sugar, blah blah blah. Sure! That’s why God made it, right? I try to make my motto…if it didn’t come from God’s Green Earth, it isn’t worth putting in God’s temple!

I have recently begun to cook more healthy foods. We no longer eat fried foods, our meats are either grilled or broiled. I believe that we are on the right track to eating more healthy.

moderation is the key but its hard when hfcs is in everything

We read all ingredient lables to make sure there is no High Fructose Corn Syrup in anything we eat. It’s just so terrible for your body! I’m really glad that Kashi doesn’t use it in any of their products.

HFCS is even worse for children! It reduces their appetite so they eat less healthy food, it also makes it more difficult to control themselves which makes it harder for growing children to develop healthy habits and focus, leading to frustration for both them and the parent. Long term, this can lessen their level of focus in school and educational progress.

It’s a cheap way for companies to beef up their bottom line with no regard to quality of food.

I have been watching for HFCS in my food for probably 6-10 months now. It is amazing the kinds of food you can find with it. But hopefully it will continue to become less popular, there are so many products now that advertise no HFCS…so maybe this trend will escalate! Unfortunately, in our culture, the cola companies will probably never change. That is still the only thing I have a hard time not consuming from time to time, and all it is is HFCS!!

HFCS is gross and i would never drink it

AS a college kid on a budget… it isn’t always easy to eat healthy for the cheap. It seems that all the cheap items have HFCS. However, I find that by going to the farmer’s markets on the weekend (even if it means getting up at 7am on a Saturday) so I can have first picks of the produce is a good start. I also have been trying to make more things from scratch. Again, it isn’t easy (and its even more time consuming) but then again, I guess I’m replacing habits like watching TV or surfing the internet after work with healthy habits like cooking with my boyfriend and spending time with the ones I care about.

Staying away from high processed foods really makes you feel healthier and lively. Overall, you just feel better and look better.

I love all of Kashi products! Wish that the items would be cheaper to enable me to buy more.
I love eating all natural. I am a natural gal. But I’m no saint. Occassionally, I feel the need of a sugar rush. Boy do I regret the way it makes me feel. All sluggish & craving more.
The next 24 hours I take the challenge of no processed food or sugar.