Got a cold? DON'T USE ZICAM.

[98s14inaz]

Originally Posted by kingkilburn

As a result of bad legislation and administration the FDA has the power the declare high fructose corn syrup natural(which it most definitely is not) but not the power the regulate medicinal products including these snake oil remedies and weight loss supplements.

I've always had a huge issue with that hypocrisy. In Arizona most schools have the vending machines removed and or filled with "healthy choices". All the "healthy choices" have HFC's in them...gatorade, granola bars, chocolate milk, fake maple syrup, etc. FDA is one of those organizations that needs to be obliterated and re-worked. Corrupt to the core. This zicam thing caught me by surprise. Definitely will be more selective when I use it. It does work, I wouldn't inhale that shit though.

Did you know if you buy the powdered gatorade it does not have HFC's in it?

[pwhitersxs]

Originally Posted by 98s14inaz

I've always had a huge issue with that hypocrisy. In Arizona most schools have the vending machines removed and or filled with "healthy choices". All the "healthy choices" have HFC's in them...gatorade, granola bars, chocolate milk, fake maple syrup, etc. FDA is one of those organizations that needs to be obliterated and re-worked. Corrupt to the core. This zicam thing caught me by surprise. Definitely will be more selective when I use it. It does work, I wouldn't inhale that shit though.

Did you know if you buy the powdered gatorade it does not have HFC's in it?

Does it have sugar?

The Gatorade G2 stuff has sucralose in it. That stuff freaks me out because it is a modified substance and they are putting it in everything! Just because the FDA approves something does not mean it is good for you or cannot cause health problems. The long-term affects of most of these modified substances are not known.

I for one hate modified substances and cannot believed how much they are used. High fructose corn syrup is horrible and I would gladly pay the extra 20 cents for normal sugar to be in products.

[boosted98gst]

Shit I used zicam for the first time last year, when everyone was getting sick, and thought I was also, I seen a commercial on tv about the stuff, and decided to try it, ehhhhhh good thing nothing bad happend to me. And the shit is like 10.99 a box.

[98s14inaz]

Originally Posted by pwhitersxs

Does it have sugar?

The Gatorade G2 stuff has sucralose in it. That stuff freaks me out because it is a modified substance and they are putting it in everything! Just because the FDA approves something does not mean it is good for you or cannot cause health problems. The long-term affects of most of these modified substances are not known.

I for one hate modified substances and cannot believed how much they are used. High fructose corn syrup is horrible and I would gladly pay the extra 20 cents for normal sugar to be in products.

Yes powdered gatorade has sugar of some form in it, real sugar not that fake crap. Think about the last time you watched a pro game that gatorade sponsors. Have you ever seen a pro athlete drink out of a "retail" bottle of gatorade during a game? Nope, powdered gatorade and water in squirt bottles or coolers. They know that HFC stuff isn't good for you.

Sucralose is the generic name for "splenda" which is just as bad for you as nutrasweet.

[eastcoastS14]

Originally Posted by 98s14inaz

I've always had a huge issue with that hypocrisy. In Arizona most schools have the vending machines removed and or filled with "healthy choices". All the "healthy choices" have HFC's in them...gatorade, granola bars, chocolate milk, fake maple syrup, etc. FDA is one of those organizations that needs to be obliterated and re-worked. Corrupt to the core. This zicam thing caught me by surprise. Definitely will be more selective when I use it. It does work, I wouldn't inhale that shit though.

Did you know if you buy the powdered gatorade it does not have HFC's in it?

my cousin had serious stomach problems for a while....it can still flare up on him sometimes but its gone for the most part...but his doctors tried every kind of diet with him, and for a time they told him to not eat high fructose corn syrup...and it was next to impossible cause its in eeeeeverything....shit that you wouldnt even know it was in

[turtl631]

Originally Posted by eastcoastS14

my cousin had serious stomach problems for a while....it can still flare up on him sometimes but its gone for the most part...but his doctors tried every kind of diet with him, and for a time they told him to not eat high fructose corn syrup...and it was next to impossible cause its in eeeeeverything....shit that you wouldnt even know it was in

We're doing carbohydrate pathways in biochem right now and I read some interesting stuff about fructose this morning. Basically, your liver has much greater capacity to convert it to fructose 1-phosphate than to process F1P further, so if you consume a lot of fructose you end up with it all tied up in this intermediate form. You need the phosphates that are being attached to the fructose to make ATP, so if you go really overboard on the fructose you can injure your liver. They tried using fructose instead of glucose in IV bags for a while because it's not as insulin-regulated, but it just ended up causing liver damage. Note, however, as was said above, that fructose IS a sugar, and is a naturally occurring compound. Sucrose, the common table sugar, actually breaks down into fructose and glucose in the gut. So, you're gonna get some fructose no matter what, you just don't want to overdo it with the concentrated high-fruc. syrups.

[kingkilburn]

Originally Posted by turtl631

We're doing carbohydrate pathways in biochem right now and I read some interesting stuff about fructose this morning. Basically, your liver has much greater capacity to convert it to fructose 1-phosphate than to process F1P further, so if you consume a lot of fructose you end up with it all tied up in this intermediate form. You need the phosphates that are being attached to the fructose to make ATP, so if you go really overboard on the fructose you can injure your liver. They tried using fructose instead of glucose in IV bags for a while because it's not as insulin-regulated, but it just ended up causing liver damage. Note, however, as was said above, that fructose IS a sugar, and is a naturally occurring compound. Sucrose, the common table sugar, actually breaks down into fructose and glucose in the gut. So, you're gonna get some fructose no matter what, you just don't want to overdo it with the concentrated high-fruc. syrups.

You are partially right. Fructose is natural. High fructose corn syrup on the other hand is a holey man made product. They take fructose, add enzymes(also man made) and convert some of it to glucose chained with fructose. The resulting sugar is sweater than ether glucose or fructose and your body doesn't know how or what to do with it.

High fructose and bleached flour should be baned completely because of the effects they have on our bodies and society. The two together play a larger role in America's obesity problem than any thing else.