Comments on: A little mercury with your soda?

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:11:39 +0000

Great comments! I agree: the profit motive is driving the food market, regardless of the effect on the people's health.Re mercury in fish. Of course, yes, it's all things in moderation.However I find once I know something, it's really hard to UNknow it...Elisabeth´s last post: Homemade yogurt.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:26:27 +0000

Coke was safer when it just had cane sugar and a little cocaine in it! Hey, uranium and arsenic are “natural” too! Corn-based ethanol, while being too water-intensive a crop to be logical (therefore likely to be pushed by the gov’t!), may be this country’s saving grace, get this HFCS back out of the food supply. But I won’t hold my breath…

By: Rosy

Rosy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:34:46 +0000

I am so glad I stopped drinking soda! It was so hard too, they make that stuff so addictive, like heroin. Ya I bet they would say that was good in moderation too, after all coca~cola had it in there. And another note, HFCS has mercury because of manufacturing, fish have it because we dumped it into there home.

By: The Runaway Lawyer

The Runaway Lawyer — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:26:36 +0000

Since mercury-free HFCS is readily available, which it is, why not use that instead? Because manufacturers care about the health of their bottom line more than that of their customers. Sweet.The Runaway Lawyer´s last post: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Now with Tasty Mercury!.

By: Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good?

Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good? — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:26:55 +0000

I've read a lot about this today. It's funny, like we needed another reason to hate HFCS.Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good?´s last post: Ayurveda, Skincare, and Not Slipping in the Shower.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:05:30 +0000

Just found your blog and am enjoying it very much!

I agree the HFCS is not good for you but the research behind the mercury in HFCS is questionable. Finding trace amounts in HFCS would not be the basis for me to not eat HFCS just like finding trace amounts in fish will not stop me from eating seafood. For another perspective on this story please see http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/01/latest-scare-du-jour-mercury-in-hfcs.html

I don’t agree with everything on that blog but I respect the research she does on reported stories. And that she challenges the scientific studies that come out. For the record I am pro-WAPF, alternative medicine, and the such but I want to learn from both sides.

By: Spinner

Spinner — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:59:29 +0000

Wow. This is yet another example of how the FDA has changed their stance from "something must be proven safe to be allowed" to "something must be proven unsafe to be banned". It's really sad. And HFCS isn't just in sodas. It's in ketchup, relish, and a lot of things you wouldn't suspect.Spinner´s last post: Two steps forward, one step back.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:17:01 +0000

Wow! Thanks for sharing.Rachel´s last post: Tidbits about me.

By: cheeseslave

cheeseslave — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:33:18 +0000

Hee hee! Right! Mercury is fine in moderation. I love it!cheeseslave´s last post: How To Save $1500 With Cloth Diapers.

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Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:33:47 +0000

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By: FoodRenegade

FoodRenegade — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:07:55 +0000

LOL! The thought of them trying to create an ad campaign to weasel their way out of this seems totally ludicrous.FoodRenegade´s last post: Another killer reason to avoid packaged foods.