Comments on: Food In The News: Is Organic Cane Sugar a Health Food And Other Burning Questions http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/03/23/food-in-the-news-is-organic-cane-sugar-a-health-food-and-other-burning-questions/ Cook Local, Eat Global Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gretchen http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/03/23/food-in-the-news-is-organic-cane-sugar-a-health-food-and-other-burning-questions/#comment-96578 Gretchen Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:17:39 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1097#comment-96578 Your brain is a good brain.

That is, it’s nice to read clear and sensible thoughts about what constitutes healthy food.

]]> By: Eugenio http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/03/23/food-in-the-news-is-organic-cane-sugar-a-health-food-and-other-burning-questions/#comment-94764 Eugenio Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:47:53 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1097#comment-94764 having grown up within walking distance of cane fields (and taking full advantage of it running through them with my brothers cutting down the occasional cane to snack on) I do consider sugar cane to be a natural food as opposed to processed corn syrup. I think it is hard to make an argument either way in regards to sustainability, but it is clear that using a staple grain food as an ingredient is a negative when it comes to global food sourcing

]]> By: Stuart Carter http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/03/23/food-in-the-news-is-organic-cane-sugar-a-health-food-and-other-burning-questions/#comment-94758 Stuart Carter Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:21:33 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1097#comment-94758 to Fernmonkey: I would have no problem with HFCS being replaced with sugar! At least cane sugar isn’t manufactured with Frankenmolecules, doesn’t take a food stuff out of the food chain, and the consequences of abuse are well known. Plus, HFCS has an artifically low price due to discriminatory anti-sugar tariffs which should be removed.

]]> By: Fernmonkey http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/03/23/food-in-the-news-is-organic-cane-sugar-a-health-food-and-other-burning-questions/#comment-94757 Fernmonkey Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:54:22 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1097#comment-94757 If if comes in a brightly colored package, don’t eat it.

Damn. I was enjoying that banana. :-)

Excellent essay, Barbara. For months now I have been banging my head on my keyboard in frustration at the “HFCS is teh eeeeeevol” crowd who won’t accept that sugar is sugar. If you’re drinking full-fat sodas every day, your pancreas isn’t going to care that much whether those glucose and fructose molecules are stuck together or split up.

However, considering that I was arguing “HFCS is in all American processed foods, but if you outlaw HFCS tomorrow then the manufacturers will simply replace it with sugar, like in processed foods everywhere else in the world”, I can at least feel vindicated.

]]> By: Christy http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/03/23/food-in-the-news-is-organic-cane-sugar-a-health-food-and-other-burning-questions/#comment-94756 Christy Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:49:44 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=1097#comment-94756 While you’re talking about food ethics (a subject that fascinates me in all its permutations), you may be interested in this article from Gourmet magazine.
http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2009/03/politics-of-the-plate-the-price-of-tomatoes

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