Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation high-fructose corn syrup
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- abbreviation Initials for
high fructose corn syrup
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Examples
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Aside from the ever-growing empirical evidence that HFCS is bad (correlation with population weight gain, increases in rate of diabetes), there is one undeniable reason to avoid it.
Waldo Jaquith - A new study says mercury is commonly found in corn syrup. 2009
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The report from Environmental Health that test for Total Mercury in HFCS at the plants states people were eating an average of 50g of HFCS per day.
Waldo Jaquith - A new study says mercury is commonly found in corn syrup. 2009
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The only reason HFCS is used so widely in the US is because of very high tariffs on sugar.
Think Progress » Mark Krikorian: ‘Haiti’s So Screwed Up Because It Wasn’t Colonized Long Enough’ 2010
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Why are they running ads saying HFCS is good for you if it is?.
Waldo Jaquith - A new study says mercury is commonly found in corn syrup. 2009
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The only reason HFCS is used so widely in the US is because of very high tariffs on sugar.
Think Progress » Mark Krikorian: ‘Haiti’s So Screwed Up Because It Wasn’t Colonized Long Enough’ 2010
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March 26, 2010 at 12: 11 AM whoops – wrong – HFCS is 45/55 split glucose/fructose.
High-Fructose Corn Syrup “Prompts More Weight Gain” Than Sugar | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Not only have consumers seen past the disguise to find the wolf in sheep's clothing, they have decided in the process that HFCS is the worst of all wolves.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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HFCS is also found in a lot of other foods besides Coca Cola … like beef jerky, amongst other things.
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On that third hand, the percolating perception that HFCS is uniquely bad is allowing manufacturers to gain the glow of a halo simply by abandoning it for the sake of sugar.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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The only reason HFCS is used so widely in the US is because of very high tariffs on sugar.
Think Progress » Mark Krikorian: ‘Haiti’s So Screwed Up Because It Wasn’t Colonized Long Enough’ 2010
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