hello again soapbox!
heres a listing of the votes for the now passed bailout so you know if your representative voted the way you'd like.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml
the vote passed but heres a good look at how we got where we are.
http://reason.com/news/show/129158.html
and here's a blog that's nice reaction to the HFCS ads you all may have been seeing.http://sleepyatnine.blogspot.com/2008/09/children-of-corn_25.html
this last bit is my bro's reaction, copypasta'd from his myspace:
FUCK HFCS
I turned on the zombie box today to see commercials advertising the benefits of high fructose corn syrup. this is ridiculous!
high fructose corn syrup is not found in nature... its synthetic like other drugs.
everyone says cigarettes are bad... this is just as.
HFCS has correlations with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.
this is from the american journal for clinical nutrition:
Background: Type 2 diabetes is an epidemic that is affecting an ever-increasing proportion of the US population. Although consumption of refined carbohydrates has increased and is thought to be related to the increased risk of type 2 diabetes, the ecologic effect of changes in the quality of carbohydrates in the food supply on the risk of type 2 diabetes remains to be quantified.
Objective: The objective was to examine the correlation between consumption of refined carbohydrates and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the United States.
Methods: In this ecologic correlation study, the per capita nutrient consumption in the United States between 1909 and 1997 obtained from the US Department of Agriculture was compared with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Results: In a univariate analysis, a significant correlation with diabetes prevalence was observed for dietary fat (r = 0.84, P < 0.001), carbohydrate (r = 0.55, P < 0.001), protein (r = 0.71, P < 0.001), fiber (r = 0.16, P = 0.03), corn syrup (r = 0.83, P < 0.001), and total energy (r = 0.75, P < 0.001) intakes. In a multivariate nutrient-density model, in which total energy intake was accounted for, corn syrup was positively associated with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (ß = 0.0132, P = 0.038). Fiber (ß = -13.86, P < 0.01) was negatively associated with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. In contrast, protein (P = 0.084) and fat (P = 0.79) were not associated with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes when total energy was controlled for.
Conclusions: Increasing intakes of refined carbohydrate (corn syrup) concomitant with decreasing intakes of fiber paralleled the upward trend in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes observed in the United States during the 20th century.
CHECK OUT THESE SITES AS A START:
http://epsl.asu.edu/ceru/Articles/CERU-0406-224-OWI.pdf
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/4/899
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/5/774?ijkey=cJSxz0rjkfs9s&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
GET THE TRUTH PEOPLE. FIND IT YOURSELF NOT WHAT THEY ADVERTISE TO YOU.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml
the vote passed but heres a good look at how we got where we are.
http://reason.com/news/show/129158.html
and here's a blog that's nice reaction to the HFCS ads you all may have been seeing.http://sleepyatnine.blogspot.com/2008/09/children-of-corn_25.html
this last bit is my bro's reaction, copypasta'd from his myspace:
FUCK HFCS
I turned on the zombie box today to see commercials advertising the benefits of high fructose corn syrup. this is ridiculous!
high fructose corn syrup is not found in nature... its synthetic like other drugs.
everyone says cigarettes are bad... this is just as.
HFCS has correlations with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.
this is from the american journal for clinical nutrition:
Background: Type 2 diabetes is an epidemic that is affecting an ever-increasing proportion of the US population. Although consumption of refined carbohydrates has increased and is thought to be related to the increased risk of type 2 diabetes, the ecologic effect of changes in the quality of carbohydrates in the food supply on the risk of type 2 diabetes remains to be quantified.
Objective: The objective was to examine the correlation between consumption of refined carbohydrates and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the United States.
Methods: In this ecologic correlation study, the per capita nutrient consumption in the United States between 1909 and 1997 obtained from the US Department of Agriculture was compared with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Results: In a univariate analysis, a significant correlation with diabetes prevalence was observed for dietary fat (r = 0.84, P < 0.001), carbohydrate (r = 0.55, P < 0.001), protein (r = 0.71, P < 0.001), fiber (r = 0.16, P = 0.03), corn syrup (r = 0.83, P < 0.001), and total energy (r = 0.75, P < 0.001) intakes. In a multivariate nutrient-density model, in which total energy intake was accounted for, corn syrup was positively associated with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (ß = 0.0132, P = 0.038). Fiber (ß = -13.86, P < 0.01) was negatively associated with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. In contrast, protein (P = 0.084) and fat (P = 0.79) were not associated with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes when total energy was controlled for.
Conclusions: Increasing intakes of refined carbohydrate (corn syrup) concomitant with decreasing intakes of fiber paralleled the upward trend in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes observed in the United States during the 20th century.
CHECK OUT THESE SITES AS A START:
http://epsl.asu.edu/ceru/Articles/CERU-0406-224-OWI.pdf
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/4/899
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/5/774?ijkey=cJSxz0rjkfs9s&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
GET THE TRUTH PEOPLE. FIND IT YOURSELF NOT WHAT THEY ADVERTISE TO YOU.