I have been spending a lot of time with 2 families on the block since the weather has been so nice. We are all fans of Aldi and Costco. I learned something very interesting from Stacey that I must pass on. If you buy gram crackers at Aldi, the cinnamon ones dont have HFCS (lets break that down, high fructose corn syrup) but the regular honey ones do.
Here is why HFCS is bad for you, from healthmad.com
When HFCS is ingested, it travels straight to the liver which turns the sugary liquid into fat, and unlike other carbohydrates HFCS does not cause the pancreas to produce insulin; which acts as a hunger quenching signal to the brain. So we get stuck in a vicious cycle, eating food that gets immediately stored as fat and never feeling full.
Read more: http://healthmad.com/nutrition/dangers-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#ixzz0nIh4luel
Read more: http://healthmad.com/nutrition/dangers-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/#ixzz0nIh4luel
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