{"id":95415,"date":"2012-04-20T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=95415"},"modified":"2012-04-20T08:20:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T08:20:00","slug":"article_25279","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_25279\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Links Autism to High-Fructose Corn Syrup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I know what you’re thinking: “Tom, it’s been ages since you wrote about high-fructose corn syrup.” And you’re right! It has. But as I’m feeling petulantly defiant, I think it’s time to take another look at America’s favorite sweetener. You see, while the HFCS industry still claims there’s no difference between how the body handles HFCS and sugar, a new study has come out suggesting just the opposite. And in a very big way.<\/p>\n

The blaring headline version of the new study’s conclusion would read: “High-Fructose Corn Syrup Causes Autism.”<\/p>\n

And while that may be a bit of an overstatement, it’s not off by much. In a provocative new peer-reviewed study published in Clinical Epigenetics, researchers led by a former FDA toxicologist purport to have found a very real link between HFCS consumption and autism.<\/p>\n

The study’s argument is complicated but deeply disturbing. It pieces together what’s known about the genetic and metabolic factors involved with autism, including the growing evidence of a link between autism and mercury and organophosphate pesticide exposure.<\/p>\n

Essentially, HFCS can interfere with the body’s uptake of certain dietary minerals – namely zinc. And that, when combined with other mineral deficiencies common among Americans, can cause susceptible individuals to develop autism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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