New All-Natural 7uP and HFCS

[FuZzYknUckLeS]

Hey. Saw this commercial tonite. They now have this all-natural 7uP. I'm thinkin', hey! that looks healthy enuf to actually drink! Being one of those guys that just has to know everything about nothing, I check into it on the net. I find the ingredients listed, as follows:

• filtered carbonated water

• high fructose corn syrup

• natural citric acid

• natural flavors

• natural potassium citrate

Pretty natural sounding. Except, I'm thinkin' WTF exactly is high fructose corn syrup? So I look that up. I find all kinds of dirt on it. Check this out. There are lots more sites like it. HFCS.
Then in the process, I find this:
CSPI to Sue Cadbury Schweppes over “All Natural” 7UP. Turns out this whole lawsuit is over HFCS.
This CSPI, Center for Science in the Public Interest, I've never heard of it before. Seems like a topic for a whole new thread. Are they legit? Or some out-there BS entity that exists solely for the purpose of sucking grant money out of the govt. coffers?
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should I have posted this in Health Info. ?

 

[SoftHandsAnne]

From everything I have read/seen, high-fructose corn syrup can almost single-handedly claim responsibility for obesity and other ills...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8003-2003Mar10?language=printer

*goes to get more juice*

 

[BigBlue]

Amen, Anne.....

Check out the Abs Dietby David Zinczenko....really informative along the same lines. Has a section on HFCS. Good read.....now I just have to apply it!!!

 

[momlover]

Check out the Abs Dietby David Zinczenko....really informative along the same lines. Has a section on HFCS. Good read.....now I just have to apply it!!!

I hate drinking Coca-Cola in the States, as they replaced the sugar with HFCS. They say nobody can tell the difference, but I sure can!

 

[therealrex]

I remember back in the 80's someone who worked in the agriculture biz had told me the reason Coca Cola brought out New Coke was because they wanted to make the switch to HFCS which was sweeter and a lot cheaper.