Glucose-fructose. He knows all about it and he's only 7. The MAHA movement is beginning to shed more light on the most important issue of our lifetime: manmade chemicals in our food. If human health is not uppermost in our collective minds then what is, I ask?
A recent article in a Toronto newspaper about the sweeteners in Coca cola and such has Momsey upset again. How many articles need to be written to showcase the dangers of glucose-fructose. Even Dr. Oz has spoken about it on his show. The journey of this malevolent sweetener – glucose-fructose - was clearly illustrated in the British journal, Focus, which came to my attention, dramatically, years ago, in a large scale center spread inside. This rather large scale magazine showcased the sweetener's destination throughout the body as it moved towards the body's major detoxifier, the liver.
The U.S. president's love of Coca Cola is well known. He's now professing the user friendly ingredient of sugar in his favourite soda pop, Coca-cola. Though he is using the diet version even the president knows that sugar is the better way - as is glass that contains the liquid! (Micro plastics are entering our DNA at an alarming rate, I have learned)....(Our son, a former graduate of an honours Kinesiology program from a well known university in northern Ontario, agrees. We have two brains, too; the other one being in our gut.)
The unpleasant glucose-fructose story has been around for decades. This manmade sweetener found in foods and drinks has been a cheap sinister food prop in our daily lives since forever. Why? We are told that G-F is similar to sugar but much sweeter tasting, made from corn. Sugar, its costlier cousin, is being ignored. Recipes/formulas can be reformulated, any time, by any company, no permission needed). The power we wield starts at the checkout, each and every time. We are in this sweetener's grasp from morning till night - if we are not paying attention. Good health is our only reward.
The body is a smart machine telling us what it knows, at all times, and doing its best to keep us healthy. When ingesting highly processed foods the organs do what they must as they attempt to dispose of or eradicate those additives mimicking food from our body. The liver, the body 's filtering system/organ, is waiting to do its best to deal with any and all foreign substances we have eaten.
Years ago, a small article lingering near the bottom of the newspaper, far from the reading public's gaze, told the story of an unsuspecting victim, a 10-year-old, whose only crime was drinking fruit cocktails laced with G-F. She was diagnosed with cirrohsis of the liver, an alcoholic's disease. At her age, I hoped that all could be reversible with proper treatment and diet. We may have no problem ingesting foods made with G-F but the body has a host of troubles processing it.
As he presented me with my favourite candy of all time: marshmallow strawberries, I looked at the ingredients listed on the back of the package. He knew it was my favourite. We both knew it was bad. He asked mom if he could have one to taste, knowing that glucose-fructose was #1 on that list. He smiled at me and I, him, as we sampled one. Fresh and yummy it was, of course, but nothing to brag about.
Long long ago this favourite candy was made simply, no G-F, only sugar I told him, I thanked this wise 7-year-old for this gift of love, candy and insights, promising, sadly, that those days were over. He was watching me now. I could not disappoint. I followed his lead. Mom just smiled.
We trust till we trust no more.
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