I wasn’t watching much TV before hurricane Ike ripped through Houston and left my home without power but now I definitely can’t watch any.

However, a little birdie told me about some rather interesting high fructose corn syrup commercials appearing on the tube lately.  Of course, being the health sleuth that I am, I went digging around Youtube to find them. 

This kind of advertising shouldn’t surprise me anymore yet it still made my jaw drop. The website being promoted in the commercial is even more disturbing.

If you haven’t seen the commercials, take a look, then read my list of facts underneath.  Also, notice that the commercials are paid for by the Corn Refiners Association!

Wow!  Be very wary of advertisements folks!

Even if  we are to believe that HFCS is ok in “moderation”, there’s still one question to answer.  Since HFCS is in just about every candy, soda, cookie, cake, cracker and other boxed, bagged, canned, processed, junk food product on the market, how can a person eating a regular diet of processed foods (Standard American Diet ) have HFCS in moderation?

FACT: Corn starch converted to a man-made molecule falsely called ‘fructose’ is NOT sugar from cane or beet or metabolized the same.

FACT: Fructose from High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is NOT the same molecule that is sucrose or fruit leveulose.

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M&Ms & potato chips, it’s what’s for dinner.

Written By: Dhrumil Purohit of We Like It Raw

[Content in brackets added by Alicia Castellano]

Cows naturally thrive best on grass, but because it’s too expensive to raise them that way, most cattle ranchers have moved exclusively to corn, (most of which is genetically modified).

Yes, corn has become so expensive that some ranchers have moved to feeding their cattle junk food. Can you even call M&M’s food?

I wonder if anyone ever stopped and thought to themselves, “Does it seem weird that we’re feeding potato chips and M&M’s to these cows and then selling the meat to families who trust us?”

Probably not.

When you’re not focused on improving your own health, really improving it, you rarely think about the true effect your product will have on others. Or, for that matter, if your product is actually contributing to the suffering of the planet, animals and human beings.

If you’re a worker at a cattle factory you’re just doing your job. If you’re an owner or an investor you’re just doing your job. Everyone’s just doing their job, and if you eat beef, even occasionally, you’re just doing your job too. Luckily your job (yes you) is the most important of all. Without your vote, your vote of the dollar, the system comes crashing down.

I expect things getting crazier. Crazier than cows eating M&M’s? Yes sir! Not only is all this craziness a bi-product of a system that’s unsustainable, but it’s often the only initial way to get people to pay attention.

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Alicia Castellano, CHHC, AADP

Alicia is a Certified Holistic Health Counselor with a passion for helping others transition into a healthy lifestyle and create extraordinary lives for themselves. She lives in Houston,Texas where she runs a private practice. Alicia loves to dance, loves music and has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and learning.

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