More on the High Fructose Corn Syrup Debate- Introducing Pepsi Arm!!!

So heres a little known fact, this week marks the one year aniversary of the American Medical Association releasing their official position on High Fructose Corn Syrup. Last june an article was published (much to the delight of the Corn Industry) by the A.M.A which stated that "high fructose corn syrup does not contribute to obesity more than other caloric sweeteners." Citing that having only 4 caloriws per gram like sugar and honey, in moderation this is a fine product. Well if I were Corn Syrup I would aprove of this message...Sadly, however, I am not.

Thank god we are all on the same side when it comes to trans fats (they are BAD, you can ingest less than 2 grams per day safely- and US products dont label trans fat under .5 grams per serving).
I see where the AMA is coming from. It does have onlty 4 calories per gram, and it would take a massive amount for someone to become obese off of it, but it so prevalent in american food

1. It is nearly impossible for an uninformed consumer to avoid
2. The body does not break it down like sugar. Sugar is bad for your kidneys in large amounts, but expect a kidney failure after consuming Super Size Cokes or 44oz Big Gulps on a regular basis.

Which brings me to the new phenomenon called Pepsi Arm! Take an arm, outstretch it at a 90 degree angle. Dont flex like you want to show off your bicep, instead smack your tricep. Does it Jiggle?? Now flex and repeat the smacking motion. Does it still Jiggle?? If yes, have pepsi arm.

Pepsi arm is a condition caused by multiple contributing factors:

1. Soda, High Fat and High Sugar Diets.
2. Lack of strenuous exercize.

It is a condition first seen in america but as our values spread the whole world over, it only gets worse. It is a hypothesis of mine that the condition which I call Pepsi Arm is a dietary phenomenon. It is reversable. If you have this condition, you most likely have abdominal fat (a very unhealthy place to store fat). The solution is simple:

1. Reduce your calorie content OR switch to more nutrient dense foods (Oranges vs concentrated orange juice, potatoes vs potato chips, fruit vs fruit roll ups, meat and bread vs a low density, filler added mcburger, etc)
2. Up your calorie burning.

I am a small dude, I weigh 130 lbs. But I have ripped abs, cant squeeze any tummy fat, and can see almost every muscle under my skin, but this took effort. I worked out 6 days a week, one hour a day for just one semester (5 months) and went from 125lbs and 15% fat to 130 lbs and under 5% body fat (Im probably at 4, you cant measure accurately under 5%). This means went from 18.75 lbs of fat which i didnt even know I had down to 6.5 pounds of fat. I also gained 18 lbs of muscle @ this time.

During all of this i almost quit, because the scale didnt say that i was making any progress- I remained the same weight for almost the entire 5 months, but in the end my results were very impressive to me even if the scale only noticed a 5lb increase!

I share this because many Americans need to know what I have believed for years. Diet is king and exercize is queen!

In the cane fields in south america (guatemala i think), I have read that the workers live on sugar cane but are incredibly muscular and non obese. THEY AVERAGE ALMOST 6000 CALORIES A DAY TOO! but the key to their health is that they burn those calories every day thru hard work.

So no, high fructose corn syrup may not make you fat, but you will make yourself fat if you more calories than you burn on a regular basis. Furthermore, I personally avoid products which I cannot verify if they are Genetically Modified or not, and since there is huge money in due to government subsudies, and most of it is G.M these days, I cannot ever be certain if the high fructose corn syrup is GMO free or not. My advice, stay away.

Chew on that.