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Old 06-08-2012, 07:54 AM  
kristin
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Originally Posted by Barefootsies View Post
Agreed.

It's not that sugar or high fructose corn syrup is going to kill you on it's own. The problem is that the VOLUME of this stuff will. Meaning, it's in EVERYTHING, especially processed foods. If you ate the stuff on occasion, and in moderation, you would probably be fine.

But if every meal you eat has a ton of this shit in it, that is where you run into problems. The same for sodium.

The average American consumes 42 POUNDS of high fructose corn syrup a year.

I don't eat it, I don't allow my family to eat it.
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