--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bob_brigante wrote: > > * [New York Times] <http://www.nytimes.com/> > > Thursday, October 30, 2008 Still Spooked by High-Fructose Corn Syrup > > [INSERT DESCRIPTION] Many Halloween sweets start in the cornfield. > > (Peter Wynn Thompson for The New York Times) > > By now most everyone has seen ads from the Corn Refiners Association, > > claiming that our fears about high-fructose corn syrup are misplaced > > <http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/sweet- talking/> . > > Since our kids will soon be loading up on Halloween treats laden with > > the substance, it's a good time to consider why so many people find > > corn sweeteners so scary. > <snip of Bob's latest book :-D > >
> I like when I go to the movies to have my rare treat of a Pepsi not diet > because I hate Nutrasweet more than corn syrup and the body doesn't like > getting fooled. I would have thought by now the mega drink corporations > would be offering just straight sugar non corn syrup versions. Doing a > search I believe it was Coca-Cola that was going attempt that but it is > not on the shelves but I was led to another brand that I was able to > find at a local store. Red Bull. Yup, if you like an occasional soda > Red Bull Cola is all natural and just sugar and no not loaded with extra > caffeine to turn it into a power drink. Another choice might be your > local Indian grocer if they stock Thumb's Up an Indian import cola that > is if Thumb's Up hasn't gone cheap and started using high fructose corn > syrup. > > As for Halloween, it's my night out for a movie instead of staying home > and answering the door and poisoning kids with candies. Tonight will be > most likely Clint Eastwood's "The Changeling" which opens up the > hill.... unfortunately. I say that because if it had already been there > a week then it may not be as crowded. See I'm not the only one who > knows what to do on Halloween. ;-) > ********** I've pretty much eliminated soda and drink juice, but when I drink soda, Hansen's, available at the supermarkets as well as the health food places, is a sugar-only alternative to the corn drinks. For sure, Nutrasweet and other artificial sweeteners are suspect and very likely to be anything but bad for health. Anyway, sugar is sattvic in moderation in Ayurveda. You can smuggle in your Hansen's in your jacket, be cheaper than the theater ripoff anyway. The Changeling story is true and utterly shocking story of LA police (not that anything they would do would shock most LA residents ): (contains movie spoilers) http://tinyurl.com/5wjnw6
