Andrea's Frugal Home

On High Fructose Corn Syrup and other Ramblings

I have been reading about the dangers of eating High Fructose Corn Syrup for a while now, and yesterday (since I was home and had time on my hands), I decided to do some researching on the subject.  Well, everything that I read confirmed my suspicions!  It is soooo bad for you!  So, as a measure for my health (AND my weight--I'm 100 pounds overweight), we decided to get rid of everything in the house with HFCS in it!  From now on I will read the labels before I bring anything into the house to make sure it doesn't have it in it.  Now we can make homemade meals which will hopefully help our health AND Our wallet!

I got so much done yesterday, and even had time for soapmaking....I just bought the supplies yesterday and I had a BALL with it!  I also made some wine glass charms for my brother's 50th birthday coming up.  So, all in all yesterday was a good day.

I finally called my mom yesterday and we talked for a few minutes.  I could tell that she felt just as hurt as I did, but I didn't bring up the conflicting subject and neither did she.  I hope as time goes by that we will both heal from this and be able to have a better relationship. 

Well, it's time to pull more weeds....the weather is PERFECT for it.....feels like it is in the 70's.  Yeah!

Andrea

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{ 12:07, 2006-Aug-31 } { Posted by Neeley }

So nice to hear you and your mom spoke.

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{ 12:21, 2006-Aug-31 } { Posted by Darlene }

Good positive stuff Andrea! Glad to hear it.:)

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{ 02:51, 2006-Aug-31 } { Posted by kimfl }

Corn syrup is definitely not healthy. So many things are being genetically modified now - corn is one of the main things - so there's a double whammy. Evaporated cane juice crystals, agave nectar, honey, and sucanat are all good choices for sweetening.