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I am living proof tha high fructose corn syrup is detrimental to your health. I found out from a visit to a naturopathic holistic doctor that I have a systemic candida infection brough on by too much sugar such as high fructose corn syrup. I ate the regular SAD diet (Standard American Diet) Everything in a regular supermarket has added sugar or HFCS. Juice drinks, yogurt, ketchup, relish, salt, cereals, bread, muffin mixes, deli meats. In fact there is probably a very small percentage of foods in a regular grocery store that does not have some type of added sugar in it. So anyway I have developed 26 food allergies due to the candida. I'm most allergic to (surprise) SUGAR and wheat. So I have been on a no sugar wheat diet for almost 6 months and am finally getting better. I have to shop at Whole Foods becuase it is the only supermarket that does not have extra sugar and HFCS put into everything. I also found out I am now hypoglycemic from too much sugar. For the last ten years before I knew what was causing my illnesses I had, rashes, brain fog, irritability, painful digestive disturbances, muscle and joint pain. Then I developed severe depression, yeast infections, shingles, severe anemia, and rotator cuff problems (shoulder) due to a compromised immune system. I go to physical therapy three times a week which is extremely painful. I am getting better but I believe all my symptoms were due to my excessive sugar intake and getting candida from it. Regular doctors do not even recognize candida. They kept just shoving antindepressants down my throat and told me to ignore the rash I had under my breast for 8 years. I am weaning my self off of antidepressants now that I am getting rid of my candida infection. I am on many natural supplements that help. I owe my life to my holistic doctor and to books that I have read about nutrition and health and the SAD diet. I have written conagra about this and they sent me a public relations message saying how wonderful HFCS was and that all the bad press they get about it is untrue yada yada yada. He also sent me information on diabetes. I do not have diabetes so why did he send me the link? I wrote the guy back and asked how he could in good conscience work at his job. It is so immoral to spread lies when people's health is so compromised by what they put into our foods.