Artist Statement

The reason why we chose to focus on the ingredients in Cool whip was because we both were interested in how much High Fructose Corn Syrup and other ingredients were possibly in it that most people didn't know about. So that's why we chose to focus on the top three ingredients for Cool Whip, so that we could go more in depth with the main ones. The top three main ingredients, besides water, for cool whip are hydrogenated vegetable oil, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup. We found that choosing this topic will hopefully make people more aware of what is in their food. We find it important that people need to be more aware of what is in their food and what's going in their bodies. For example most people don't know that High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is a product of corn wet-milling formed when the starches enzymes are broken down to fructose. That HFCS is a major sugar substitute has been known to be a major cause of childhood obesity and other health related problems.

Working throughout this project we were amazed at the fact that HFCS is in so many products. But what amazed us more was the argument for why HFCS is not harmful. HFCS is not bad in moderation this is true. However because it is in so many of our food products, the over consumption is harmful on a humans liver, The liver is the only place that HFCS can be broken down compared to pure sugar that can be processed throughout the entire body."What is Corn Syrup?" WiseGEEK: clear answers for common questions. Web. 30 Nov. 2009.

HFCS and the cons of it needs more public awareness. What would be nice to see is a decrease in tax-subsidy for HFCS. There are places that a person can go to buy foods without HFCS. This costs more because it is imported. Its up to the buyer right now to decide if spending more on their foods is what they want to do. The option out there for healthier foods. However, it is more expensive.


"Specialty Grain Terms A3-50 December 2006." Iowa State University Extension. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Nov. 2009. .

"What is Corn Syrup?" WiseGEEK: clear answers for common questions. Web. 30 Nov. 2009.

Questions for posters

Is HFCS as bad as everyone makes it sound?

A little history of HFCS?

Address how there's a lot of corn
http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2008/11/03/why-high-fructose-corn-syrup-is-worse-than-sugarand-why-its-not/

What is another alternative to HFCS and why haven't we used that?

Honey-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/12/041220012702.htm

Organic Sugar & Evaporated Cane juice, Rice Syrup, tapioca syrup-http://non-gmoreport.com/high_fructose_corn_syrup.php


What are your main strategies for teaching parents about childhood obesity, are you teaching them about high fructose corn syrup?

HFCS-they account for 55 percent of the sweetener market and bring in $4.5 billion in sales each year
In 2001, the average American consumed almost 63 pounds of HFCS (up from zero in 1966).

-http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/09/28/high-fructose-corn-syrup-why-the-worlds-most-popular-sweetener-is-enemy-1-to-your-health-and-wais.htm

Bed Prep and Compost Jeopardy

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Question
How did chemical agriculture start?
As in how did the use of pesticides, insecticides, fertilizers, etc. start to be used so much.
Answer
Chemical farming started with the development of growth regulators. Growth regulators were a product of World War 2 technology; ammonium nitrate became ammonium nitrate fertilizer.

Question
Why are monocultures bad?
Answer
The same plant in the same area and exhausts the nutrients in the soil. The farmers also have to use a lot of insecticides, pesticides, and other chemicals to control the pests, problems that could easily be removed with crop rotation.

Question
Name a pro of organic farming and explain why

Question
Name a pro of chemical farmind and explain why

Question
Which four crops consume 75% of the pesticides in the U.S.
Answer
soybeans, wheat, cotton and corn --http://www.vegsource.com/articles/chemical.farming.htm

Annotated Journal Articles for Senior Project.

• "The effects of sucrose, fructose, and high-fructose corn syrup meals on plasma glucose and insulin in non-insulin-dependent diabetic subjects. — Diabetes Care ." Diabetes Care . N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.
o This article shows that there is no difference of blood levels of those who consumed HFCS and those who consumed sucrose. I know were against HFCS but this might be something to put into the video possibly.
• industry, the food, and enjoyed such spectacular growth.. " Straight talk about high-fructose corn syrup: what it is and what it ain't -- White 88 (6): 1716S -- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/6/1716S?ijkey=QWxerxxoSOP4o&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
o I liked this article because they had a hypothesis of hfcs being the leading cause of obesity. Then they say how hfcs is not a major cause of hfcs.

• http://www.obesityaction.org/magazine/oacnews10/HFCS.pdf

o In this link they mention how HFCS is related to obesity
o I understand how hfcs is may be the same but the thing is its not natural its mostly chemicals. Why not use just regular sugar?

• https://www.nowuniversity.com/idc/groups/public/documents/digital_asset/063657.pdf
o In this article they talk about how mercury was found in HFCS.

• http://www.kaystreich.com/files/High_Fructose.pdf
o I really liked this article because its taking the same stance on HFCS as me and my partner and I are.
o One thing that stood out to me was this part
• Because of the unusually long shelf life of HFCS, store-bought cakes, cookies, brownies, mixes, breads, sodas, juices, tomato sauce and all of the rest could be sold with practically no expiration date. HFCS, despite misleading labels that read “all natural,” is an ENTIRELY man-made substance. It's almost indestructible. Like Styrofoam, eternal and immortal.