GGR107H1 Chapter Notes -Corn Syrup, Cheez Whiz, Xanthan Gum
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More than a quarter of everything in the supermarkets is made out of corn. Corn is found in natural salmon, chicken nuggets, coffee whitener, cheez. It is also found maltodextrin, crystalline fructose, dextrose, lactic acid, msg and xanthan gum. Wayne roberts author of the no-nonsene guide to world food states that. We have a health care system that doesn"t care about food and a food system that doesn"t care about health care . Corn is the most subsidized crop in the world and it has negative health consequences. Forty per cent of u. s produced corn goes to fatten up livestock for meat, milk and eggs. Three per cent goes to producing high-fructose corn syrup (hfcs) The problem is that people are consuming to much corn. There has been a increase in diet-related chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and stroke. We are spending tonnes of money on healthcare to treat these diseases that could be prevented.
