FW: February Newsletter - High Levels of Mercury Found In High Fructose Corn Syrup

> Subject: February Newsletter - High Levels of Mercury Found In High Fructose Corn Syrup
> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 23:56:28 -0800
> From: newsletters@hansonchiro.com
>
> High Levels of Mercury Found In High Fructose Corn Syrup
>
> Mercury has been found in numerous popular foods containing High
> Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) including Coca-Cola and Quaker Oatmeal.
> HFCS is an artificial sweetener found in many processed foods, and
> mercury, according to a study released last week, is found in HFCS at
> dangerous levels.
>
> The first of two studies published last week found mercury in almost
> half of all commercial HFCS. Another study conducted by the Institute
> for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), selected 55 products from
> brands like Kraft, Hersheys, Coca-Cola, Heinz and others. The
> results showed that a third of the products contained detectable
> amounts of mercury. Even seemingly healthy products like oatmeal,
> yogurt and cereal bars showed high levels of mercury. In fact, of all
> 55 products tested, the one with the highest level of detected mercury
> was Quaker Oatmeal To Go.
>
> Other well-known name brand products found to contain mercury
> include, Coca-Cola Classic, Hershey's Chocolate Syrup, Smucker's
> Strawberry Jelly, Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt, Nutrigrain Strawberry
> Cereal Bars, and Hunt's Tomato Ketchup, among several others.
>
> Exposure to mercury is known to impair neurological development in
> children, who are the highest consumers of HFCS and at whom marketing
> for many of the products found to contain mercury are targeted. But
> mercury isn't just dangerous for children; adults are also
> susceptible to mercury poisoning which has a variety of negative
> effects.
>
> These recent revelations shed light on the fact that the majority of
> the American food business is an industrial enterprise. One possible
> culprit in this story, is a chemical used in the manufacture of HFCS:
> caustic soda.
>
> Also know as sodium hydroxide, or lye, caustic soda is often produced
> in industrial chlorine plants where it can become contaminated with
> mercury and eventually pass it on to HFCS and into the foods many of
> us eat.
>
> These recent revelations, particularly in light of the recent
> melamine contamination in China, underscore many of the health
> choices we face every day. Wellness is the composite result of every
> decision we make in our lives: from taking care of our spines to
> making healthy choices at the supermarket. The simple truth is that
> processed foods are never as healthy as whole foods like fresh
> fruits, fresh vegetables and whole grains.
>
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> Further Reading:
>
> The IATP report
> (http://www.healthobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=105026
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>
> HFCS study (http://www.ehjournal.net/content/8/1/2
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>
> An article from Reuters
> (http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE50Q5IA20090127
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> )
>
> How HFCS is made
> (http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html
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> )
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