High Fructose Corn Syrup Worse than Sugar for your Skin

04/08/2010

If sugar is bad for your skin, High Fructose Corn Syrup is awful! It not only spikes your cortisol and blood sugar, but it is incredibly difficult for your body to process. This puts stress on your digestive system and wreaks havoc with your stress hormones – which leads to breakouts, oxidative stress, dark circles, hyper pigmentation and sun sensitivity, and premature skin wrinkling.

This article by Lifehacker, explains that research has shown this corn sweetener to be more “fattening” than sugar itself. It caught our eye and reminded us of the need to spread the word about HFCS.

For anyone who needs help kicking the habit, here is a brief list of foods and brands containing High Fructose Corn Syrup.
(For more information on foods that contain HFCS, visit these sites: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sneaky-syrup/, http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sneaky-syrup/, http://www.foodfacts.info/high-fructose-corn-syrup.shtml )

Stove Top Stuffing	Capri-Sun Juice Drink	Hanson’s All-Natural Soda	Sprite, Pepsi, CocaCola, and almost ALL other sodas
Starbucks’ Frappuccino	PowerAde	Gatorade	Sara Lee Heart Healthy Whole Grain Bread
Thomas English Muffins	Wonderbread	Kellogg’s Corn Flakes…and pretty much ALL of their other cereals	Pop Tarts
Heinz 57 Sauce	Heinz Ketchup	Hunt’s Catsup	Miracle Whip
Nuti-Grain Bars	Nabisco snacks: Oreos, cookies, Fig Newtons, Wheat Thins, Ritz	Crackers, etc	Cool Whip
Yoplait Yogurts	B&M Original Baked Beans	Claussen Pickles	Del Monte Fruit Naturals
Heinz Pickle Relish	Mott’s Applesauce	Ben & Jerry’s	Dreyer’s Ice Cream
Jell-O	Eggo Waffles	Kraft Salad Dressing	Oscar Mayer Lunchables

And then there are the Fast Food Joints. Each of these ‘restaurants’ have more than one HFCS product: like cheese, drinks, bread, sauces, and desserts.

Arby’s	Blimpie	Burger King	McDonald’s	Chik-fil-a
Jack in the Box	Dairy Queen	KFC	Subway	Taco Bell

the list goes on and on…

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Kelli

Hey great post! Easy to read and still very informative.

Packaged foods in general tend to be filled to the brim with either salt or high fructose. This is some very important information you're sharing here, keep it up!

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As a blog reader, I am readily on the search for reads that are both appealing and worthwhile to digest and I must say your blog passed my criteria. Many thanks for the wonderful content you have created! Will be coming back soon!

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