
{"id":1861,"date":"2008-02-14T07:37:38","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T15:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2008\/02\/14\/letter-to-the-editor-hfcs-offers-benefits\/"},"modified":"2008-02-14T07:37:38","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T15:37:38","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-hfcs-offers-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/02\/14\/letter-to-the-editor-hfcs-offers-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Editor: HFCS offers benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The February 6 article \u00e2\u20ac\u0153HFCS: A ban worth getting excited over\u00e2\u20ac\u009d may mislead consumers about high-fructose corn syrup.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Walter Willett, Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Department Chairman, told The New York Times, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no substantial evidence to support the idea that high-fructose corn syrup is somehow responsible for obesity.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->New research continues to confirm that high-fructose corn syrup is safe and no different from other common sweeteners like sugar and honey.<\/p>\n<p>High-fructose corn syrup is a natural sweetener and has the same number of calories as sugar. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted high-fructose corn syrup \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Generally Recognized as Safe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d status for use in food and reaffirmed that ruling in 1996 after thorough review.<br \/>\nHigh-fructose corn syrup offers numerous benefits, too. It keeps foods fresh. It enhances fruit and spice flavors. It retains moisture in bran cereals and helps keep breakfast bars moist.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers can see the latest research and learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.HFCSfacts.com\">www.HFCSfacts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Audrae Erickson<br \/>\nPresident, Corn Refiners Association<br \/>\nWashington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The February 6 article \u00e2\u20ac\u0153HFCS: A ban worth getting excited over\u00e2\u20ac\u009d may mislead consumers about high-fructose corn syrup. Dr. Walter Willett, Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Department Chairman, told The New York Times, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no substantial evidence to support the idea that high-fructose corn syrup is somehow responsible for obesity.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}