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Yesterday, I saw one of the most misleading commercials that I have ever seen. The commercial caught my attention because it was about high fructose corn syrup. There were two ladies having a discussion about high fructose corn syrup and the one lady went on to say that high fructose corn syrup is really not bad because it is all natural and should just be eaten in moderation. This commercial was paid for by the corn growers. If we have ever wondered why America is so fat and unhealthy, commercials like this are the reason. It seems that everything we think we know about nutrition in this country has been a lie that someone has told us in order to make more money. So what is wrong with high fructose corn syrup? High fructose corn syrup is probably one of the worst ingredients that a human can consume. The human body is only made to handle so much fructose and when it is presented in a highly concentrated form the body has no choice but to store it as fat. The other problem with HFCS is that it causes you to be ravenous and over consume food. It does this by two mechanisms 1) it changes the neurotransmitters in your brain which cause the wrong signals to be sent and 2) fructose does not raise insulin in the same way as other sugars which causes the sugar to circulate in your blood stream for longer. While the sugars are circulating in your blood stream you are not registering as full because the nutrients have not been shuttled to the cells. The cells send the message that they are still hungry. Sugar circulating in the blood stream is also a sure fire way to increase the aging process. In my opinion there are two ingredients that everyone should avoid and those are HFCS and anything hydrogenated.

Workout of the Day
1 min work/30 seconds of rest
rowing machine
mountain climbers
jumprope
clean and press R arm
clean and press L arm
ball slams
3 rounds