The $uper $weet Treat... That Made You Fat And Weak! Made Them All... $o Rich!

“You cannot un-ring a bell”! The earliest use of the idiom... (un-ring the bell) was in the Oregon Supreme Court; case of State v. Rader, argued on May 9, 1912. The case was decided on May 28, 1912. Since then the idiom is sometimes used in jury trials to describe the judge’s instructions to the jury, to ignore inadmissible evidence and statements. During this prophets research; it was clearly contended that this was the origin of the idiom. What could not easily be determined was who is to be accredited for first saying it. Oh well; moving on! In a nutshell; what “you cannot un-ring a bell” means is this: Once something has been done or even simply said; you cannot un-do it or un-say it. The for now unknown consequences... must be dealt with and or lived with.

Green-tings fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings;

Who I am is not important, but rather what I am and what I am is a green prophet. Notice I said a green prophet and not The Green Prophet. A true prophet would never brag about it. Why, because there is nothing to brag about. He or she does not control what he or she knows, a prophet just somehow knows. It is not what a prophet knows that is so remarkable, although it can be; it is how he or she knows; because for this, there really is no logical explanation. And what this green prophet knows that you should know this time... is the truth about HFCS; High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; “You cannot un-ring a bell.”

This green prophet has what he believes at this point, will not even be news to as many as 50 percent of you. “Sugar is not Sugar”! It actually does make a lot of difference what sweetens your soft drinks, your ice cream, your cereal, your breads, cookies and candies and on... and on... and on.

In 2009; this green prophet predicted that there would be an exodus away from HFCS in products on the store shelves of the U S of A! During 2011; that exodus began in earnest! It has continued for the last decade for the most part quietly; although ironically some of the last in their category like Yoplait Yogurt... bragged about discontinuing it the most!

The Yoplait people told you in their ads; that they were removing the HFCS for “the benefit of you and your family!” The implication was… that they cared and you should honor their “Caring” with your purchases of their products. The truth was and is, that Yoplait was the last of the major brands to remove HFCS from their yogurt products and that they removed the HFCS because of… (Loss of Market-Share)! Fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; Would you like to know what brand name was the first to remove the HFCS? Hahaha! Of course you would! Well having been a label reader for more than 45 years, this green prophet can tell you! It was “Great Value”! Yes! It was Wal-Mart! It is this green prophets favorite for a number of reasons... not relevant to this Post.

Still the exodus is continuing in earnest even now, but has trickled to below a snail’s pace. Now there are national brands that declare on labels of at least some of their products...“No High Fructose Corn Syrup”! The last bastion of this now most unpopular additive will be... soft drinks, ice cream, canned fruit, cereal and processed sweet snacks, like pastries, cookies and candy. The good news is we are nearing the end of the rein of the disease causing catalyst known as HFCS in our countries processed foods and with absolutely (No) help from the FDA… and it only took about 45 years and counting!!!

Now this green prophet will reveal to you how he first came to predict this... a year and a half before it even started. Again in 2009; he was with several fellow homeless men in the Union Gospel Mission TV room watching NCIS. Then a commercial came on TV that he had never seen before. Maybe it will ring a bell for you. Hahaha! There are two teen age brothers sitting in their kitchen at home… about to have cereal. One of them says to the other with a derogatory tone; “You know what they say about High Fructose Corn Syrup don’t you? Then the other one says; oh you mean that it is really OK... if eaten in moderation and that… yad-da, yad-da, yad-da; blah, blah, blah. How about it? Ring any bells? Hahaha!

Near the end of the ad... this green prophet laughed out loud and said to himself, but out loud; “Wow... that was a mistake!" Laughing even louder, he stated again even louder; "That was a really big mistake!" Having heard him say this twice while laughing... fellow residents of UGM of course said, Why? What is so funny? This green prophet replied; the HFCS people just rang a bell they can never un-ring! And there is nnnnothing they can do about it! Hahaha! After all... "You cannot un-ring a bell!"

This green prophet then explained; "American consumers have not been asking about High Fructose Corn Syrup; even though it has been in most of our processed foods for maybe more than five decades! Hardly anyone knows anything about the sickeningly sweet substance... let alone the truth about it! So they do not care! But they will now! Mark my words... "This is going to start a ripple effect that will grow and grow until it leads to an exodus away from HFCS... eventually completely wiping it off of every ingredient list from every shelf of every store in the U S of A! Why? Because this is the age of instant information!"

"To get to the real truth... all any consumers have to do today is Google HFCS and now... out of cosmic curiosity from this commercial... they will! I know the truth about High Fructose Corn Syrup or HFCS... and have worked at avoiding it for the past 10 years! So you can trust me when I tell you this. The truth will literally scare them to life!!! Hahaha!”

Of course this green prophets then friends, did not get it... so they did not laugh. Why should they get it or laugh? The prediction this green prophet just made would not "Begin Happening" for more than a year and a half from that moment!!

My fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings who are interested... confirmation of what this green prophet had already believed to be the truth about HFCS... was acquired through a pretty much unknown book which came out in 2008 titled... (The Sugar Fix) and subtitled... are you ready for this? “The High Fructose Fallout that is... underline this... Making You Fat and Sick”; by Richard J. Johnson M.D. with Timothy Gower.

It was the first book written on the subject and may possibly be obtained through Amazon.com. Now remember, this green prophet did not make the prediction that HFCS would be methodically removed from U.S. processed foods on store shelves until 2009; and that process did not begin until more than a year and a half later! So then, the book probably should be up-dated soon; with a greater number of books published. The following is the books back jacket... Word for Word!

"WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT FRUCTOSE COULD HURT YOU."

"If a particular food product were known to be a factor in serious medical conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and kidney disease, you might expect it to be banned outright. Yet one such substance remains a fixture in our food supply, subjecting the entire population to its insidious health effects.

The culprit is a simple sugar called fructose. In its natural form, fructose gives fruits and natural nectars like honey and agave... their innate sweetness. It is also the key component of table sugar and a commercial sweetener known as high fructose corn syrup or HFCS.

Check the ingredient lists of your favorite processed foods, and odds are that you will come across HFCS--- even in foods that aren’t necessarily sweet, like breads, cheese spreads, soups, ketchup and salad dressings. You may even find HFCS in... are you ready for this... baby food and pet food." Unquote.

Remember fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; This book was written in 2008! As an avid label reader, this green prophet can tell you many of the products that then had high fructose corn syrup high up on their long list of ingredients... no longer do!

In 1976 HFCS was classified (Generally recognized as safe): by the infamous... Food and Drug Administration. This began what this green prophet believes to be the most colossal collaboration of corrupt corporate confidants ever contrived!. A profiteering partnership that was eventually composed of the following and probably in this order: The Processed Foods Industry; The HMO’s; The Insurance Industry; and The Weight Loss Industry.

This meeting of the minds probably never would have happened if HFCS early on... was not found to be highly addictive; which over time... made a large portion of our population particularly portly at first; and many years later even morbidly obese and in incredibly poor health. In short... HFCS made an alarming percentage of Americans fat and sick... just as was stated in the sub-title of the book... "The Sugar Fix".

This green prophet believes this probable conspiracy was not a plot. No… It took time. Beginning with the Processed Food Industry... it was likely only what the conspirators would call... a happy accident! This is probably what happened starting with soft drinks. Always looking to find new ways to increase their bottom line and therefore their stock value... a single company seeking cheaper sources of sweeteners probably came across HFCS... quietly made the change and... Wow! Consumption quantified!

Soon, they could not keep six-packs on the shelves! Other leading soft drink companies noticed this change and duplicated it; duplicating their results! Fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; why do you think the soft drink industry went from selling their products in six-packs only... to eight-packs; twelve-packs; and finally by the case! Why do you think that fountain drinks in convenience stores went up to 32 ounces; then doubled to 64 ounces; and now amounts to a small bucket with a straw in it! Why... because every company that made the change saw your consumption... and their profits quantify!! All other companies that followed... saw the same success! Soon all processed food companies knew that HFCS was a gold mine! Then, over time HFCS... was everywhere!

For decades in the U S of A... HFCS has been used as the premiere sweetener that primarily replaced sucrose which is also known as table sugar... throughout the entire processed food industry!

If the super high, super processed, fructose in HFCS were on trial; then the evidence against it so far... would seem pretty much still largely circumstantial. Yes; it is true that the rates of obesity and metabolic syndrome have multiplied in this country at the same time that Americans have been served up to the HMO’s by the FDA on the HFCS binge! However, this is not enough to prove the case that this sugar is the guilty party. Is it?

Fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; did you notice what this green prophet just stated? He stated “this sugar”. Listen up fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings! Sugar; sure as shootin... ain’t sugar! All sugars are not alike!

Yes, despite the adorable auburn haired; freckle faced, former Nebraska Corn Husker cheerleader looking, farm girl’s admonition; "Sugar is sugar." It just ain’t true!

Sometime later; a spokes-woman for Yahoo; with a popular health blog, in her question and answer section... made a monumental mistake during a woman’s question about HFCS! She quoted the adorable actress in the Ad, and said; “Sugar is sugar”. Wow! It was as though a dam had busted... or wetting down a hornet's nest!

Fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; in response she was flooded by more than 40... contradicting, condescending and even caustic comments! It was just as this green prophet had predicted! The bell had been rung on the commercial in 2009; and it just could not be un-rung! The Ad people who directed and ran the commercial... took a long time to discover their mistake and pull the Ad! In the meantime, just as this green prophet predicted... the more health conscience people at first got curious... and later as they learned the real truth; they got furious!!

Although men; with that country cutie in the picture who could blame you for falling for this fallacy? She was far more effective than a researcher in a lab coat! Wouldn’t you agree? Hahaha! However, since there are two sexes in this world... Yes; you heard right (2 sexes); who are both equally addicted to this sinisterly sweet substance... of course another commercial had to be made with her completely male counter-part.

Here is the weird thing; this should have worked! But it did not! It had worked before! It certainly was not the fault of the adorable actress... or her mirrored male! It was not the fault of the commercial writers or the director. The commercial was fairly flawless!

Actually fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; you can lay the blame at the name of Google! Remember fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; “You cannot un-ring a bell”! At a permanent point in history, the bell was rung; and you can never un-ring it! No; not ever!

It is like when the then President said; “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” or “You can keep your own doctor” and “My new health care program will be so affordable!” and “Isis is just a JV team!” and then there was the tale told in tandem with the then Secretary of State; Hillary Clinton; about the reason the fantastic four, heroic men at Benghazi died! The so called comic mistake concerning Muslims; for which she infamously stated in Congress for the entire country to see and even worse, to hear... “What difference does it make!"

Please allow this green prophet to suggest what difference it should make; to every military man and woman, veteran, law enforcement official and first responder, small business owner, and hopeful hard working good job seeker. It should be the difference between Hillary Clinton’s past possibilities of being elected President... and Hillary Clinton... Never Being Elected President!

For this green prophet; it is not so much about Don Trump winning in 2016; although thank GOD he did! It is about her losing... the one reason she stayed married to her oh-so-unfaithful husband all this time.

Hillary’s true love is power. But she is the bride of Benghazi! Many might want to call her another B-word of Benghazi; bride is better. You see; she desperately wants an annulment from that tragic incident. But, there must be no annulment and no divorce! Hillary Clinton must be hitched to Benghazi... until death do they part! Then because of history books... beyond! Yes; justice must finally find a Clinton... Guilty!

Sorry... just some steam... some righteous indignation... that needed to finally be vented. To continue:

To demonstrate that continually consuming too much of this sickening stuff is contributing to your terrible health; fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; you need to know just how it causes metabolic problems in the first place. Fortunately, we are learning more every day about the dark side of HFCS. For example; you should all consider the following four studies taken from the book... "The Sugar Fix":

#1. A high fructose diet causes high blood pressure: Overloading the body with high fructose raises blood pressure. This seems to occur because high levels of fructose increases blood levels of a compound called uric acid. Other forms of sugar do not raise uric acid... so they do not appear to have any effect on blood pressure. Although... this green prophet believes high level intakes of sucrose could cause accelerated aging. Don’t believe it... check out the Chinese!

#2. A high fructose diet raises levels of unhealthy blood fats. Fructose causes liver cells to produce triglycerides, a type of blood fat. High Fructose also lowers (HDL) cholesterol; which is the good kind of cholesterol that guards against heart disease. Other forms of sugar do not have this effect on the liver. By raising the triglycerides and lowering HDL cholesterol, a high fructose diet may lead to blockages in the arteries that promote heart disease. Eating a high fructose diet may also increase deposits of triglycerides in the liver cells causing swelling and damage. Over time; this damage could lead to fatty liver disease and eventually... cirrhosis of the liver.

#3. A high-fructose diet causes insulin resistance. Eating high-fructose for extended periods can make cells less responsive to insulin. People who develop the condition known as insulin resistance are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.

#4. A high-fructose diet causes kidney disease. We have evidence from animal studies indicating that fructose-rich diets cause kidney damage and worsen existing kidney disease. Other forms of sugar do not have this effect on kidneys.

Did you catch that fellow Green-Lings and all Green-Wings; proof positive that despite the beautiful freckle faced; farmer’s daughter looking; actress’s scripted commercial affirmation confirmed by the corn-sugar dot whatever website... sugar apparently is not sugar! Meaning all sugars are not alike!

Now whereas in the past you have indeed been fooled by false commercial marketing ploys... you the consumers of this country... do deserve kudos because this time... the majority of you were not buying into it! This is a very big deal! You will learn why later. Don’t go away! You are going to want to know this!

The fact that sugar is not sugar is a discovery that is particularly frightening; given the further fact that doctors have in the recent past, often advised patients with kidney disease to eat low protein; high-carbohydrate diets; which could easily lead to increased fructose consumption.

The results of research on HFCS have been remarkably consistent. While most of these investigations have involved laboratory animals; a growing body of research is demonstrating many of the same effects in humans too! Meanwhile, millions of men, women and even children... are presently un-wittingly engaging in a massive uncontrolled trial... of a high fructose diet and its unfortunate impact on the human body!

Humans have been consuming fructose for millennia! But it didn’t come to play a major role in our diets until about a century ago. Since then, fructose consumption has risen six-fold! That was 10 years ago when this piece was first written! Allow this green prophet to put that into terms you will more easily understand. We are not talking six percent... not even sixty percent... but rather a six hundred percent intake... increase in the United States!!!

Your diets became dominated by food and drink sweetened with the two major sources of fructose: Sugar and HFCS, (High Fructose Corn Syrup). Remember, most of what you have just heard comes directly from the book, The Sugar Fix... and credit for the data belongs solely to the writers; Richard J. Johnson M.D. and Timothy Gower.

All this green prophet has done is what he has been charged with doing; "Shedding light on shadow with a perspective on truth previously unknown". As always; this green prophet is looking out for your kids... for you... for your property... and your pets... in that order.

My fellow Green-Lings and all Green-Wings interested; we have looked at the recent past and the present. Now let us look at the future of sweeteners and processed food additives for use in sweetening processed foods in the US of A. Remember, this prophet first wrote all of this in 2010.

As was predicted by this green prophet for 2016... and since the U S of A made the right decision in the 2016 presidential election... the future of the U S of A; in so far as this subject is concerned should have been... ”To live longer and prosper”! Hahaha!

But then a presidential election that could previously only have been produced in Hollywood... actually took place in real time and in real life! Then as if done by a professional director; many of you were reprogrammed from Joe Biden won? To Joe Biden won! At any rate; for now; Ole geriatric Joe “the Joke” Biden is… the President. And all bets from the last paragraph are off! The USA's future… is now bleak!

Still you could live longer because as you become more and even better informed about Stevia and the derivatives thereof; you will change from all things HFCS and table sugar to the far more beneficial natural sweet herb AKA... Stevia. You will prosper as the agricultural sugar industry reads the hand writing on the wall... as Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola did; and converts much of their farming operation from sugar cane to Stevia; the only exception being for the purpose of non-internal consumption related applications such as ethanol and so on. Now here is some Stevia history from the past to the present.

The genus Stevia consists of 240 species of plants native to South America, Central America, and Mexico, with several species found as far north as Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. They were first researched by Spanish botanist and physician... Petrus Jacobus Stevus, (Pedro Jamie Esteve); from 1500 to 1556), from whose surname originates the Latinized word Stevia. My fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; those numbers 1500 and 1556... are year dates!!!

The plant was possibly exclusively used by the Guarani people for more than 1,500 years! The plant also has a long history of medicinal use in Paraguay and Brazil. The leaves have been traditionally used for hundreds of years in Paraguay and Brazil as well as China to sweeten local teas, medicines and as a (sweet treat).

Then in 1899; a Swiss botanist, whose surname is Bertoni; first described the plant and the sweet taste in detail, during his research in eastern Paraguay. Only limited research was conducted on the topic until 1931; when two French chemists isolated the glycosides that give stevia its sweet taste. These compounds were named stevioside and rebaudioside... and are 250 to 300 times sweeter than sucrose or table sugar; heat stable, pH stable and non-fermentable!

Now we will fast forward to the early 1970’s when the sweeteners the FDA had OK’d for the USA... the cyclamates and saccharine began to be suspected carcinogens by scientists; though it did not begin to be known to the consumers of the U S of A... until the early 80’s. As a result of this research in the early 70’s... Japan began cultivating Stevia as an alternative to the afore-mentioned sickening and sick making sweeteners; the worst of which was and is HFCS! Japan is always on the cutting edge! Where the U S of A should be, but are (not) because we are held hostage from such discoveries by governmental corruption and commercial greed!

Yes, my fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; the Japanese have been using stevia in their processed food products including soft drinks such as Coca-Cola since... are you ready for this...1971! Hmmm... All you Coke consumers of this country... what is the #2 in-greed-iant used in almost all soft drinks on United States store shelves and in the syrups of its fountain drinks? Here is a further hint... it is right after water!

Today in the far-east... (stevia) is also cultivated and used in the processed foods of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia!! It can further be found in parts of South America, including Brazil, Columbia, Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay!! It is also used extensively in Israel. It should come as no surprise that China is the world’s largest exporter... since the ever industrially wise Chinese... have been using stevia extracts since 1984!!

My fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; Remember what this green prophet told you we would come back too? Quote: "Now whereas in the past you have indeed been fooled by false commercial marketing ploys; you the consumers of the U S of A; do deserve kudos because this time the majority of you were no longer buying into it! This is a very big deal! You will learn why later. Don’t go away! You are going to want to hear this!" Unquote.

OK fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; you want to know what made this such a big deal? You did not do this in collaboration or co-operation with any company or cause. No! You all did this with no invitation as independent individuals! That is what makes your accomplishment so special! What you all unabashedly did was un-coached... un-compromised... un-unified and therefore unbelievable! Without any leadership or organization... you caused this green prophets 2009 prediction to come true!!!

You simply all individually learned, you had been lied too for a long time... and each of you decided that enough was enough! You were tired of it! Things were going to have to change... and that change was going to start with you... and start right now!!

Sound familiar? You drew the same conclusion in the 2016 Presidential election! Fellow Green-Lings and Green-Wings; this green prophet believes... a green profit of your own... (was) in your futures. Then during the 2020 Presidential Election; (Too many) of you let dis-like and even hatred for Donald Trump... seriously severe storm cloud your judgment! Come 20 and 22 and again in 20 and 24; Please; let reflective reason replace irrational rage. ; -)

Sometimes being right as this green prophet was about HFCS; is so... sweet! Sometimes being right; as with the 2020 election... just sucks!

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