Esto es medio tirado de los pelos, pero si lo de ciertos estudios científicos resultan ser cierto, uno de los grandes culpables de la epidemia de obesidad es el Jarabe de Maíz Alto en Fructosa."...In the 40 years since the introduction of high-fructose corn syrup as a cost-effective sweetener in the American diet, rates of obesity in the U.S. have skyrocketed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention..."El tema es que el uso de la fructosa se introdujo para ESCAPAR de los altos precios del azúcar causados por los lobbies en Estados Unidos:"...Sugar sold for 21 cents a pound in the United States when the world sugar price was less than 3 cents a pound. Each 1-cent increase in the price of sugar adds between $250 million and $300 million to consumers' food bills. A Commerce Department study estimated that the sugar program was costing American consumers more than $3 billion a year...""...While USDA bureaucrats worked overtime to minutely regulate the quantity of sugar allowed into the United States, a bomb went off that destroyed their best-laid plans. On November 6, 1984, both Coca Cola and Pepsi announced plans to stop using sugar in soft drinks, replacing it with high-fructose corn syrup..."
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Esto es medio tirado de los pelos, pero si lo de ciertos estudios científicos resultan ser cierto, uno de los grandes culpables de la epidemia de obesidad es el Jarabe de Maíz Alto en Fructosa.
ReplyDelete"...In the 40 years since the introduction of high-fructose corn syrup as a cost-effective sweetener in the American diet, rates of obesity in the U.S. have skyrocketed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention..."
El tema es que el uso de la fructosa se introdujo para ESCAPAR de los altos precios del azúcar causados por los lobbies en Estados Unidos:
"...Sugar sold for 21 cents a pound in the United States when the world sugar price was less than 3 cents a pound. Each 1-cent increase in the price of sugar adds between $250 million and $300 million to consumers' food bills. A Commerce Department study estimated that the sugar program was costing American consumers more than $3 billion a year..."
"...While USDA bureaucrats worked overtime to minutely regulate the quantity of sugar allowed into the United States, a bomb went off that destroyed their best-laid plans. On November 6, 1984, both Coca Cola and Pepsi announced plans to stop using sugar in soft drinks, replacing it with high-fructose corn syrup..."