Yet Another Reason to Avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup

[nex0s]

Study finds mercury in HFCS.

I already avoid it.

Since the effects of mercury poisoning (in particular on fetuses and children) include cognitive thinking, memory, attention, language, and fine motor and visual spatial skills, I wonder at the rise of ADHD and it's connection to what we eat, and when we eat it

Comments

[sexykneesocks]

i asked a friend of mine about this yesterday and he said

[nex0s]

As I said, I already avoid it for other reasons. Mercury in it, or not in it, isn't probably going to change that.

Either way, I don't know your friend, and you haven't mentioned what his credentials are.

I have not read the original research, obviously.

What is really annoying to me is that you hardly ever comment in my journal, and whenever you do, it's to make some orthagonal point with no backup, that's a disagreement with whatever I've written. I'm not really sure why you keep reading, since it appears we have so little in common.

N.

[sexykneesocks]

my friend is an LJ-less environmental geophysicist in Central Ohio.

i too try to ignore HFCS, and what prompted me to reply is that this same story cropped up in 3 places in 24 hours. that to me, smacks of "scare"... and since i had additional information, i thought you and others might want it.

i read your journal and look forward to it because what you write about offers a viewpoint different than mine.

[micheinnz]

Mmm, I dunno. I have ADHD and there's virtually no HFCS in the New Zealand diet. I don't think it's as simple as all that.

My father is ADHD like whoa, and he ate virtually no processed foods growing up, to the best of my knowledge.