Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew is one of the most damaging drinks to the body in my opinion. Everything from high sugar levels to caffeine to preservatives and brominated vegetable oil make it a health zapping product. There is also some controversy regarding the safety of the sodium benzoate.
PepsiCo lists their ingredients in Mt Dew as:
Carbonated water
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
Concentrated orange juice and other natural flavors
Citric acid
Sodium benzoate (preserves freshness)
Caffeine (55.2 mg per 12 oz.)
Sodium citrate
Gum arabic
Erythorbic acid (preserves freshness)
Calcium disodium EDTA (to protect flavor)
Brominated vegetable oil
Yellow 5
High Fructose Corn Syrup(HFCS) - The majority of HFCS is made from genetically engineered corn. This is a corn syrup that has undergone an enzymatic process to increase its fructose level. Then it is mixed with pure corn syrup (100% glucose) to arrive at its final form. High fructose corn syrup can be manipulated to contain equal amounts of fructose and glucose, or up to 80 percent fructose and 20 percent glucose. Thus, with almost twice the fructose, HFCS delivers double the risk compared to sugar.
Ingestion of fructose increases uric acid levels. Increases in uric acid levels
have been linked to heart disease. It also raises levels of lactic acid. Very high levels in the body can be serious or even life-threatening.
A high sucrose diet may alter intracellular metabolism. This will accelerate
aging because of the oxidative damage it produces. Scientists have found that rats given fructose had changes in the collagen of their skin. [1]
Fructose is metabolized by the liver so the pancreas does not produce the
normal amount of insulin. The fructose more readily converts to fat than other sugars which may be the reason why we are seeing an increase in obesity. If you check the labels of most products you will be shocked to see most contain high fructose corn syrup. Fructose raises triglyceride levels significantly.
It has damaging effects when the person is copper deficient because it inhibits copper metabolism which can be accompanied by a wide variety of issues like anemia, connective tissue issues, heart attacks, high cholesterol and an inability to control blood sugar. Low levels of copper have also been linked to thyroid disorders.
These are the Nutritional Facts for a can of Mt Dew. Notice the number of
grams of sugar. If you would like to know how many teaspoons this equates to take the number and divide it by 4. ( 46 / 4 = 11.5 teaspoons of sugar.) But keep in mind that this is not sugar - it is HFCS and that is almost twice the fructose of sugar.
PepsiCo lists their ingredients in Mt Dew as:
Carbonated water
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
Concentrated orange juice and other natural flavors
Citric acid
Sodium benzoate (preserves freshness)
Caffeine (55.2 mg per 12 oz.)
Sodium citrate
Gum arabic
Erythorbic acid (preserves freshness)
Calcium disodium EDTA (to protect flavor)
Brominated vegetable oil
Yellow 5
High Fructose Corn Syrup(HFCS) - The majority of HFCS is made from genetically engineered corn. This is a corn syrup that has undergone an enzymatic process to increase its fructose level. Then it is mixed with pure corn syrup (100% glucose) to arrive at its final form. High fructose corn syrup can be manipulated to contain equal amounts of fructose and glucose, or up to 80 percent fructose and 20 percent glucose. Thus, with almost twice the fructose, HFCS delivers double the risk compared to sugar.
Ingestion of fructose increases uric acid levels. Increases in uric acid levels
have been linked to heart disease. It also raises levels of lactic acid. Very high levels in the body can be serious or even life-threatening.
A high sucrose diet may alter intracellular metabolism. This will accelerate
aging because of the oxidative damage it produces. Scientists have found that rats given fructose had changes in the collagen of their skin. [1]
Fructose is metabolized by the liver so the pancreas does not produce the
normal amount of insulin. The fructose more readily converts to fat than other sugars which may be the reason why we are seeing an increase in obesity. If you check the labels of most products you will be shocked to see most contain high fructose corn syrup. Fructose raises triglyceride levels significantly.
It has damaging effects when the person is copper deficient because it inhibits copper metabolism which can be accompanied by a wide variety of issues like anemia, connective tissue issues, heart attacks, high cholesterol and an inability to control blood sugar. Low levels of copper have also been linked to thyroid disorders.
These are the Nutritional Facts for a can of Mt Dew. Notice the number of
grams of sugar. If you would like to know how many teaspoons this equates to take the number and divide it by 4. ( 46 / 4 = 11.5 teaspoons of sugar.) But keep in mind that this is not sugar - it is HFCS and that is almost twice the fructose of sugar.
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