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Has anyone else seen these commercials?
about HFCS??! http://www.sweetsurprise.com/
On the right hand side of the website there are videos of the commercials they're showing on tv.
Thoughts?
Re: Has anyone else seen these commercials?
Yes! These commercials drive me crazy especially the moderation part. How can you eat it in moderation if HFCS is in just about everything even bread, cereal, juice, etc. It is in so many processed products that people think are healthy because they are advertised as healthy.
The Monsanto commercials are worse which they stand for farm families.
These commercials infuritate me. They are LIES, plain and simple. The body does not process HFCS the same as it processes sugar. It is BAD FOR YOU!!
Now if the commercials listed everything that HFCS is in (people don't realize how much they are ingesting EVERY SINGLE DAY!!), and informed people WHY it is in every flipping thing they pick up off of grocery store shelves (it's uber-cheap being a federally subsidized crop and lobbyists keep it that way), I might be ok with them.
But they don't want to tell the truth in the commericals because they truth stinks. Period.
I hate these commercials. No one should be consuming HFCS and it should not be in foods. I really dislike when people say it is okay in moderation.
This is why I am soooo glad we have a TiVo. If I had to watch those commercial regularly I would end up throwing something at the TV. You can't eat something "in moderation" when it's in everything!
The Monsanto commercials are the worst. I hear them on the radio and scream back at them "YOU ARE NOT THE AMERICAN FARMER YOU &%$#@&*$%!!!" DH looked at me like I was nuts the first time I told him about the commercial, he drives a motorcycle so he'd never heard it. The first time he did while in his truck he came home and was like "Oh my GOD have you heard the Monsanto commercial????" Umm yes.
I definitely agree with this!
I started seeing them a while back and they just started popping up again. They're hilarious.
They're only hilarious if you know they are lies. So many people don't, though. People see these as a justification to keep eating the crap they eat and ignore the health and environmental risks they create by doing so. It's both sad and scary.
EDIT: When I went back and re-read what I wrote, I realized it might come across as attack-y towards you ad. I promise that wasn't my intention!
P&R only!!
I don't KNOW that they are lies, and I still think they're funny.
"Heard what?" *blank stare* "Heard that it was all-natural, made from corn, and fine in moderation?" *befuddled look*
I would think they are LESS funny if you are convinced HFCS is a pox upon society.
My tone didn't come off correctly.
I *DO NOT* think they are funny. They make people who take an interest in what they are consuming look like "befuddled" idiots. They make it look like there is no evidence showing HFCS in a negative light. And they make people think twice before questioning something they are given to eat b/c they don't want to look like the idiots on the commercial (and this is what they want!!!)
These commercials are solely to indoctrinate Americans on the wonders of HFCS, and to squash the uprising of Americans who are saying NO MORE!
HFCS is NOT processed in your body like sugar. GMOs (most HFCS is made from GMOs) are NOT nature. HFCS is in everything, and if you are not aware of what you are putting in your body, there's no such thing as moderation.
Dasies - I wasn't reacting to a "tone" at all. I was simply responding to your comment that the commercials are only funny if you know they are lies. At any rate, on one hand I agree with the first paragraph of your last post - and I acknowledge that the reaction you describe is the commercial's intent - but on the other hand, I think the commercials could actually cause some people to become aware of/curious about HFCS and to read ingredient lists when they never have before. This is not the first time I've participated in a discussion about them, so they are making people talk, and the talk is not all favorable for HFCS.
On whether HFCS is natural because it's made from genetically-modified corn, well to say that it is is not entirely inaccurate. It depends on what you mean by "natural." Sure, GMOs aren't created by nature without the intervention of man, but they are living organisms. In this respect, HFCS is a natural sweetener as opposed to an artificial sweetener like aspartame. That said, I might have misquoted. I just watched 3 commercials on you-tube, and none of them claim that HFCS is natural; however, wiki says that the commercials DO claim that, so it's possible some do.
Either way, it's an advertisement for a product, and IMO, no more biased or misleading than any other advertisement. Of course someone with a business interest in a product is going to walk the line of making that product look as appealing as possible without telling blatant lies that can land them on the defending end of a lawsuit. It is up to the consumer to decide whether to blindly rely on a biased representation or to do their own research on the product. (Actually, the commercials even say "get the facts" at the end. lol)
And let's face it - the evidence on whether HFCS is more detrimental to a person's health than sugar is inconclusive at this point. With all the people out there stating definitively that HFCS is harmful, I have no problem with a rebuttal from the Corn Refiner's Association.
Whether or not a person is capable of moderation is really immaterial here -- sugar is also detrimental to a person's health when consumed in excess, as are many other foods, even ones that would meet even the strictest definition of natural.
omg! I'm sorry for being so incredibly long-winded.
And ftr, I do avoid HFCS for the most part, but I'm not convinced I have any good reason for doing so.
I think we should create our own response commercials. When the woman feeds you that crap the other person can come back with how the corn used is horrible for you, how there are more calories in HFCS, how it exists in almost EVERYTHING and therefor adding something that is blatantly packed with it is even more horrible for you, and how it's not natural or safe for you at all.
We'd probably get sued.
LOL!! Ditto!!
Also, just to throw it out there, this topic is obviously one that gets me riled up! I truly meant no disrespect and had fun talking it out!! I couldn't wait to get home to see if you replied!! (and yes- I'm a nerd!
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Same here.