1. High Fructose Corn
Syrup:
Guilty or Innocent?

2. • Artificial Sweetener? Since when?
• What’s the Harm?
• Numbers and Figures
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP OR HFCS

3. HFCS Definition
• According to
Wikipedia, high
fructose corn syrup is
defined as: any of a
group of corn syrups
that has undergone
enzymatic processing
to convert some of
its glucose into
fructose to produce a
desired sweetness.

4. Artificial Sweetener?
HFCS is engineered from corn.

5. What’s the Harm?
• “Cane sugar and high fructose
corn syrup are indeed both
harmful when consumed in
pharmacologic doses of 140
pounds per person per year.
When one 20 ounce HFCS
sweetened soda, sports drink,
or tea has 17 teaspoons of
sugar (and the average
teenager often consumes two
drinks a day) we are
conducting a largely
uncontrolled experiment on
the human species.” –Dr.
Mark Hyman, functional
medicine leading specialist.

6. # of People
HFCS Survey Results
50
0
Concerned
about HFCS
Diet Healthier
Than Regular
Let Children
Drink Soda
Concerned about HFCS
Diet Healthier Than
Regular
Let Children Drink Soda
Yes
20
2
11
No
7
4
13
Both Unhealthy
21
Numbers and Figures
This was an anonymous study done online, showing concern or lack of concern in adults.

7. Numbers and Figures
1970: 15% US population obese
Today: 33% US population obese
HFCS is the common denominator, as it was introduced about 20
years ago to substitute for sugar’s rising prices.
-Princeton University Research
Year Span
40
30
20
10
0
1970
2013
% Obese

8. WORKS CITED
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