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Corn Syrup Conspiracy
*Reads label of her potato salad in disgust*
Why is there fucking high fructose corn syrup or corn syrup in nearly every fucking food product in this country?
It's not a huge surprise this nation battles obesity like it does when there's corn syrup or sugar in everything, even savoury products that shouldn't have it (bread, pasta sauce... and not just a touch either, to the point where it actually tastes sweet too *shudder*).
Why is there fucking high fructose corn syrup or corn syrup in nearly every fucking food product in this country?
It's not a huge surprise this nation battles obesity like it does when there's corn syrup or sugar in everything, even savoury products that shouldn't have it (bread, pasta sauce... and not just a touch either, to the point where it actually tastes sweet too *shudder*).
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Most processed American bread I've encountered is sweet. It grosses me out. We lived almost next door to a bakery for years back in Holland, and so I dislike processed loaves of bread anyway, because nothing beats getting a fresh loaf in the morning that's been baked that night (and you could smell getting baked if you walked past the bakery at like 4-5am), so having that factory made bread was already icky, but having it unnecessarily sweet was just gross. I actually rarely eat sandwiches anymore as a result of it, usually I end up buying rolls at the store becuase they're freshbaked on the premises, not factory processed.
My vegan friends keep recommending I buy a bread machine :)
McDonalds is just vile, I don't think there's really another word for it. Some guy did a documentary on McDonalds food called Super Size Me, for which he ate nothing but McDonalds for a month (to the horror of his vegan chef girlfriend), and he documented the results on his body. I believe his liver was almost toxic within days. He gained 25 pounds that month, he had mood swings, had less energy, less sex drive, was puking out of his car window after like 3 days of the "diet", and basically scared his doctors with his rapidly declining health.
I believe they're actually releasing the documentary around the US starting tomorrow.
Shortly after that documentary started gaining attention due to winning a prize at Sundance, McDonalds started introducing their healthier food options, whilst claiming it wasn't influenced by that documentary... sure...
Of course then there was controversy over their salads, which apparantly had more fat in them than their burgers (they like to douse their salad with dressing over here... actually, they should call it dressing with salad you get so much of the stuff). Blergh.