Tragically, millions of our nation's children are suffering from diet-triggered medical conditions. First, the media paid attention to the rise in obesity in children. Second, they paid attention to rise in type 2 diabetes in children. Most recently, we have been reading of the rise of fatty liver disease in children. Traditionally, this disease was more frequently associated with alchohol abusers.
Today, "The New York Times," with Tara Parker-Pope's contribution to "Well" column, took the occasion of Halloween and its associated candies, and drew attention to the health hazards of high fructose corn syrup.
Click here to link to the Times article, "Still Spooked by High-Fructose Corn Syrup."
A blogspot sister, at http://dreamacttexas.blogspot.com/ has posted an article on this subject, along with a well-designed shirt for sale, decrying this additive.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
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