High+Fructose+Corn+Syrup-+Amira+Young

=**High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)**=


 * By**: Amira Young[[image:file:527px-Alpha-d-fructose.svg.png]]


 * Image Citation**: http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80434e/80434E0Y.GIF


 * Type of nutrient/ chemical:** Carbohydrate


 * Effects of too much:** To much HFCS results in too much sugar, which can be dangerous to our health. Diabetes, obesity and other life threatening diseases may result from to much HFCS. Also, because of the chemicals in HFCS it cause our body to change its natural function, and the liver is affected.


 * Food that contains Starch:** Most man made foods such as soda and sugar candies contains abnormal amounts of HFCS. Most store brought foods contain HSFC. Bread, breakfast cereal, chewy cookies and candy, etc.

glucose 1α→4 glucose
 * Chemical formula:**


 * Chemical reaction with the body:** The body processes the fructose in high fructose corn syrup differently than it does old-fashioned cane or beet sugar, which in turn alters the way metabolic-regulating hormones function. It also forces the liver to kick more fat out into the bloodstream. The end result is that our bodies are essentially tricked into wanting to eat more and at the same time, we are storing more fat.

http://www.hfcsfacts.com/
 * Other citations**:

http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html