Unless I am mistaken, High Fructose Corn Syrup (or just corn syrup), the
culprit indicted in American obesity, has nothing much in common with corn.
I don't think it is a reason to avoid corn--just the processed syrup made
from it. Teresa (in VA)

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Thanks Martha!
Duly noted... Yet another good reason to just avoid corn, sigh...
:-)

On Dec 9, 2005, at 9:16 AM, tmrmartha wrote:

> Martha said:
> I read an article weeks ago about how corn syrup actually cannot be
> properly metabolized by the body, so it gets converted to fat twice as
> fast as regular cane sugar. It also dramatically raises trygliceride
> levels, one of the chief markers for early heart disease.
>
> Shannon replied:
> Can you point me at that article? I'm curious whether it was in fact
> "regular" corn syrup, or the "high fructose" variety.
>
> Hi Shannon:
> Sorry it took so long to reply to your query, above. I had originally
> read about the relationship between high triglyceride levels and corn
> syrup on www.mercola.com and was so shocked as to what I found there,
> that I googled "corn syrup triglycerides" just like that, and over
> 50,000 sites came up, remarking on the links between the two - whether
> the high fructose variety or just plain old corn syrup.
>
> But just to emphasize the point again, specialists (cardiologists and
> endocrinologists, especially) are shocked at how much this by-product
> raises triglyceride levels and if you look into the guidelines for
> those levels, you'll see how dramatically dangerous high triglyceride
> levels are in heart disease. It is something they are just making the
> connection to: what's called "end organ damage" (rapid deterioriation
> of the chief organs of the body) which is the most alarming fallout
> for abnormal lipid, homocysteine, triglyceride, and of course,
> hypertension (blood pressure) levels.
>
> In fact, here in Canada homocystene tests are only done on patients
> with know risk factors for heart disease, otherwise you have to pay
> for the test. I happily paid my $60 to have this test done 2 months
> ago, since I knew it was becoming such a strong marker for heart
> disease, especially highly-touted by American researchers. My levels
> were excellent, as were my triglyceride numbers. It gave me a sense
> of relief to know that my lifestyle (tons of walking and healthy
> eating), coupled with years of homeopathic treatment, was on the right
> course. I highly recommend these tests to all (include the A1C test
> too!)
>
> take care,
> Martha
>
>