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Mercury in common food items

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ski_DC
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My fellow newschoolers-
If any of you follow the typical american food diet, I am sure this pertains to you. Today I read in the Washington Post, the most ballin publication in the DC area, that alarming amounts of mercury have been found in high fructose corn syrup. Being cheap and easy to produce, HFSC has become the leading sweetener in the food industry, and has developed a large lobby. This means that it holds alot of weight here in DC, allowing the industry to get away with things it probably shouldn't. This article shows some of the affected foods so check it out.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012601831.html

Personally, I'm gonna cut wayy down on HFCS, and probably take it out of my diet completely now, particularly due to this mercury biz, in addition to how bad for you it is anyway. Hope this has been helpful to some, so stay healthy yo.
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Jan 28 2009 9:08PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Theres an episode of Boondocks where Huey tells Riley that HFCS is how the white man keeps you down or something.

But cutting it out of your diet completely would be a serious challenge.  They put that shit in everything.  I practiced veganism for a few years and I would imagine no HFCS being harder.
Jan 28 2009 9:14PM
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sklermang
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i think its time i stopped using high fructose corn syrup instead of maple syrup on my pancakes....

but really thanks, ima try to cut down
Jan 28 2009 9:15PM
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notomatoplz
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tuna has a shitload of mercury in it aswell
Jan 28 2009 9:18PM
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ski_DC
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yeah. in the article it says that there is a way to produce it w/o mercury, and it is in most of the factories, but we dont know which factory a specific product comes from. So i think they will all switch to the safe method very very quickly.
And a side note about syrup: try grade B syrup. Its slightly less refined and is used for cooking alot, but its flavor is alot more robust and i like it alot more. You can get it at alot of organic grocery stores, like trader joe's or whole foods. try it. fake syrup is gross btw
Jan 28 2009 9:19PM
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MADmidwest
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don't worry, mercury is only bad for u if u have a vagina. For some reason it makes u infertile.
Jan 28 2009 9:20PM
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notomatoplz
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or if your brain is still developing..
Jan 28 2009 9:22PM
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ski_DC
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its also a suspected cause of autism, and is very poisonous haha

Jan 28 2009 9:23PM
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MADmidwest
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could be threat/ explanation for ssome
Jan 28 2009 9:29PM
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Dbouch
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HFCS is super bad for you, your body doesnt know hot to process it properly so it just chills out in there casuing problems and fucking shit up.
Jan 28 2009 9:36PM
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ski_DC
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and it doesnt allow your body to signal that it is full, which allows for overeating and such.
Jan 28 2009 9:39PM
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Phill.
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im thinking i saw on the history channel or something that it acually messes with your mind and makes you hungrier, so you eat more with out knowing... idk though
Jan 28 2009 9:41PM
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