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Dangerous Levels of Mercury found in Products Made with High Fructose Corn Syrup

January 27, 2009 by Caryn Talty Comments5 Comments »

Sugars GraphThe Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy released two new studies to the public yesterday that have found mercury in common foods sweetened with high fructose corn syrup.

The report summarizes how this happens: “In making HFCS, caustic soda is used, among other things, to separate corn starch from the corn kernel. For decades, HFCS has been made using mercury-grade caustic soda produced in industrial chlorine (chlor-alkali) plants. The use of mercury cells to produce caustic soda can contaminate caustic soda, and ultimately HFCS, with mercury.”

According to Environmental Health:

Mercury was found in nearly 50% of tested samples of commercial high fructose corn syrup.” Ben Lilliston of The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) reports that in a followup study they detected mercury in “nearly one-third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first or second highest labeled ingredient– including products by Quaker, Hershey’s, Kraft, and Smucker.

In his report Lilliston claims that the average American consumes about 12 teaspoons per day of HFCS and some kids and teens can be consuming up to nearly 80% more than that. …continue reading »

Does My Child Have ADHD? Consider a Different Diagnosis

August 12, 2007 by Caryn Talty Comments7 Comments »

This is the First in a Series of Articles About ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment

sxc.hu | author: Kay Pat

sxc.hu | author: Kay Pat

It is back to school time across America, and for a small percentage of the population this time of year is always met with trepidation. If you have a child that hates the thought of going back to school, is easily distracted and often times unable to learn, then you are probably one of those families. It is hard to watch a child suffer, and as a parent you may feel anxious and completely unprepared for the problems that you know are about to resurface all over again. Your child is fidgety, easily distracted, and highly forgetful. The teachers will remind you that your child does not complete his homework, is impulsive, and sometimes downright annoying toward others. The school may even have approached you about diagnostic testing and you’ve heard the term ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) brought up. You are scared and confused, and you are searching for answers. What is going to happen if your child actually gets an ADHD diagnosis? …continue reading »

Why am I so Edgy? Learn about Pyrrole Disorder (Pyroluria).

July 26, 2007 by Caryn Talty Comments65 Comments »
sxc.hu | author: Mike Johnson

sxc.hu | author: Mike Johnson

Are you easily agitated and a chronic insomniac, often waking up in the morning after what seems like a very short, dreamless night? Perhaps you’re one of those people that never eats breakfast; instead you prefer to race off to work or school. Do you often forget where you just put something or what someone just told you? Maybe you also have a hankering for spicy foods and a huge gut to match. If you have a hard time handling stress, find most of these statements to be true about yourself and you are often unhappy or depressed it may be due to highly under-diagnosed vitamin/mineral imbalance with many names, but most commonly referred as: Kryptopyrroluria or KPU for short. Recent scientific research has more precisely renamed it:  Hemopyrrollactamuria  or HPU for short. The condition is also known as the Mauve Factor, Malvaria, Pyrrole Disorder,  Kryptopyrrole Disorder,  even High Mauve and Hemopyrrollactame. Study on this hemoglobin disorder has been ongoing since as early as 1958 when it was discovered by Canadian doctor, Abram Hoffer MD, PhD. …continue reading »