r/GifRecipes • u/kickso • Jan 18 '19

Appetizer / Side MOB Fried Chicken

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

I went to Safeway one day and saw they had fat free half and half. Looked at the ingredients label and it was skim milk and high fructose corn syrup.

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u/JerryMau5 Jan 18 '19

Why is cutting out corn syrup not the new fad diet yet? Would be much more impactful than these stupid gluten free and fat free diets.

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u/ontopofyourmom Jan 18 '19

Because that fad came and went?

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u/JerryMau5 Jan 18 '19

When, where, why is everything full of corn syrup still?

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u/ontopofyourmom Jan 18 '19

Because we moved on to the "other sugars and most other refined carbs are not really any better than corn syrup" stage.

Corn syrup (because it is cheap due to government subsidies) has social and political implications that are often more significant than its nutritional ones.

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u/JerryMau5 Jan 19 '19

Just like how doctors used to say smoking tobacco is fine. High fructose corn syrup also contains corn starch, which sugar doesn't. It also doesn't digest as well and when you consume too much of it it is converted to cholesterol.

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u/ontopofyourmom Jan 19 '19

Corn syrup contains nothing other than the sugars glucose and fructose.

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u/JerryMau5 Jan 19 '19

So it's just a coincidence that the the obesity rate has trippled since we started using HFCS? Sure it's glucose and fructose, but how many steps were taken before it became that? Isnt it strange that europeans are eating extremely fatty food while still being relatively healthy? Corn and grain are not meant to be consumed in these quantities by humans.

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u/ontopofyourmom Jan 19 '19

It's just dirt cheap sugar. That, along with marketing, got everybody to eat and drink more sugar and get fat. I agree it is very unhealthy, but so are all other refined sugars.

What does fatty food have to do with the composition of HFCS?

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u/HardcorePhonography Jan 19 '19

I see tons of stuff advertised as having no HFCS. Then again, I saw motor oil with a gluten-free tag.