Annotated Bibliography

Brian Doyle

ENG102

SEC. 4628

WP#2 Draft

Introduction

While collecting these sources I have found several different health affects of high fructose corn syrup I will concentrate on. Researchers have done studies connecting HFCS consumption to excessive weight gain and other health issues including diabetes. The main controversy of this product is its blamed for is obesity. Many argue it affects the human body differently causing hunger sooner after eating than one would with other types of sugars, which then causes one to eat more often through out the day raising the caloric intake of an individual. It also is blamed for obesity because of the number of foods it is found in today, these products did not contain any type of sugars in the past in turn this raising the amount of daily caloric intake. Many defend the product by debating there has been a lot of changes in society to date that could be contributing to obesity. For example, humans lead more sedentary lifestyles and if food producers did not use HFCS in products then sugar would be causing the same affects. It is also debated that it is no worse then plain old table sugar and it is the same thing as eating a piece of fruit.  

Sources

Howard, 2006, Sugar or Sweetener?, The Environmental Magazine Mar/Apr2006, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p40-41, 2p

This source comes from ebcohost from the MCC library. Brian Howard is a freelance writer from Connecticut. The main focuses of his articles are about food, nutrition, and sports. I could not find any information about him that may cause bias. His beliefs were unclear that could have contributed what he wrote about this topic. The article contains information about the rise in the amount of sweeteners Americans consume in a year and also talks about products it is used in. It also mentions a research that I have been researching the finding of to help support my point. This article contains information about other alternative sweeteners and why these may be better for us. This article did not provide me with a lot of information to support my topic but it did give me some ideas to continue my research.

Jacobson, 2004, High Fructose Syrup and the Obesity Epidemic, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol. 80, 1081, 2004

This source comes from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and was written by Michael F.Jacobson from The Center for Science in the Public Interest. Mr. Jacobson’s wrote in response to a publication written by Mr. Bray and Mr. Popkins about HFCS in soda and its link to obesity. This information is helpful by providing me with more avenues disputing this controversy. I have been unsuccessful finding the information on the internet, I will continue my research of my leads at the library and use them for my final project. Even though I was not able to get immediate information for my project it will be helpful in providing a rhetorical situation for my audience.

Forristal, 2001, The Murky World of High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and The Healing Arts, Weston A. Price Foundation fall 2001

This source came from the Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and The Healing Arts, a quarterly magazine published by Weston A. Price Foundation. Linda Forristal CCP, MTA is a former Board Member of Weston A. Price Foundation. The Weston A. Price Foundation is a non-profit charity to support the on going research of whole foods and nutrition. This was one of the first articles I discovered and it has been beneficial in leading me to other research data and articles. My choice to use this source was based on the fact it provides some diversity for my sources. The writer included a short detail on consumption, enzymes used to make the HFCS, how these enzymes make it unnatural, what products it is used in, and information on a research project that was conducted. It also included how the need for this product came at a good time for the corn industry. I found that this source gave me information in the beginning to think about and research more in depth. This source is similar to other sources in the information it pertains to. However, this article was written in a more brief to the point fashion without a lot of technical detail like most of my other sources.

Pollan, 2006, Six Rules for Eating Wisely, Time Magazine 6/12/2006, Vol. 167 Issue 24, p97-97, 1p, 6c

This source comes from ebcohost from the MCC library. Michael Pollan wrote this article and it appeared in Time magazine. Michael is a writer for The New York Times and is a professor at UC Berkley. He is an environmental journalist and has written a couple of different books pertaining to diet. He believes in eating healthy and has an interest in this topic. The article is helpful by supporting the fact of trying to avoid high fructose corn syrup. It is also written in away that is very basic and not over whelming for the reader. It main purpose is to make recommendations to consumers to avoid HFCS in their diets and list a number of foods and drinks to watch for HFCS in. The thing I like about this article the most is that the writer conveyed a message to be health conscious and to watch labels but did not give the impression he was bashing the product.

  Schorin, 2006 High fructose corn syrups, Part 2: health effects. Food Science, In Nutrition Today, Vol. 41, p70(8) 2006. 

This source came from Thomas Gale through the MCC library. It was written by Marilyn Schorin unfortunately I was unable to find any background information on her. I found this article interesting in the fact it is trying to debate the overall causes of the consumption of high fructose corn syrup and there may be a correlation with other deficiencies in the body that cause related health issue in combination to its consumption. I need to obtain a full article of the writers finding, and more background information before coming to any conclusions.

Elliott, Keim, Stern, Teff, & Havel, 2002, Fructose, Weight Gain, and Insulin Resistance Syndrome, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 76, 911-922 2002.

This article comes from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Peter J Havel received his Ph.D in Endocrinology, and works for University of California, Davis nutrition department. Judith S Stern S.M. Sc.D. Nutrition from Harvard university School of Public Health and works for University of California, Davis nutrition department. Karen L. Teff, received her Ph.D. from McGill University she is presently a working at Monell Chemical Senses Center. These writers co-wrote this article to bring awareness to the nutritional field on the effects fructose has on weight gain and insulin resistance. This article is technically written providing me with important technical information I will need to come to any final conclusions. I have gathered information from this paper about the foods HFCS is in, how it effects insulin levels, its effects on energy levels, how the body metabolizes it, how our organs process it and what the end result is for all of these. The most beneficial attribute of this paper is that with the number of writers it includes it has covered a wide variety of information that is important to my project.

Fructose on Plasma Lipids in Healthy Subjects, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 79, No. 5, 711-712, 2004.

This source came from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Bantle JP is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Raatz SK is the Senior Research Associate at the University of Minnesota. Thomas W Moon did this research at the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia. Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology at the University of Minnesota. This article covers a research study that was conducted on 24 healthy subjects. The publication covers the results of the effects HFCS has on the Plasma Lipids in Healthy subjects. This study provides information for my project to better understand how HFCS effect insulin and weight gain on humans. I chose this source because the writers of this paper are very creditable in terms of education and background in related fields. This source is very similar to the article titled Fructose, Weight Gain, and Insulin Resistance Syndrome because it is written very technically, cover the same ideas but in a different manner, and comes from the same publication.

Bantle, Raatz, Thomas, & Georgopoulos, May 2004 Effects of Dietary

(Unknown at this time) Myth: High-Fructose Corn Syrup Is Especially Fattening, An Epidemic of Obesity Myths, 106-107, 2004

This source was published in a book called An Epidemic of Obesity Myths. This source is debating that HFCS found in soda specifically is a cause for the rising obesity epidemic. Which was written and published by Mr. Bray and Mr. Popkins. The same article that was debated in another source I used by Mr. Jacobson. Although the excerpt is very short it as well has giving me a lead on controversy surrounding this topic. This is beneficial information for my project to help me understand the debate and controversy of this topic. This article as well will need to be followed up by more research to finalize it for my final draft.

Conclusion

The information collected here has giving me a more focused audience, and research objective for my final project. In the collecting of this data, establishing these sources, and the individuals that wrote them will give me some solid leads for future research for my specific topic and audience. The most helpful thing is the sources I found debating the research I am working with. It has been hard to find research that supports the debate especially with quantity and credibility. I will be able to take these leads find other authors and articles to help build up the other perspective that I feel I am lacking at this point in my project.

 Annotated Bibliography

Brian Doyle

ENG102

SEC. 4628

WP#2 Draft

Introduction

While collecting these sources I have found several different health affects of high fructose corn syrup I will concentrate on. Researchers have done studies connecting HFCS consumption to excessive weight gain and other health issues including diabetes. The main controversy of this product is its blamed for is obesity. Many argue it affects the human body differently causing hunger sooner after eating than one would with other types of sugars, which then causes one to eat more often through out the day raising the caloric intake of an individual. It also is blamed for obesity because of the number of foods it is found in today, these products did not contain any type of sugars in the past in turn this raising the amount of daily caloric intake. Many defend the product by debating there has been a lot of changes in society to date that could be contributing to obesity. For example, humans lead more sedentary lifestyles and if food producers did not use HFCS in products then sugar would be causing the same affects. It is also debated that it is no worse then plain old table sugar and it is the same thing as eating a piece of fruit.  

Sources

Howard, 2006, Sugar or Sweetener?, The Environmental Magazine Mar/Apr2006, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p40-41, 2p

This source comes from ebcohost from the MCC library. Brian Howard is a freelance writer from Connecticut. The main focuses of his articles are about food, nutrition, and sports. I could not find any information about him that may cause bias. His beliefs were unclear that could have contributed what he wrote about this topic. The article contains information about the rise in the amount of sweeteners Americans consume in a year and also talks about products it is used in. It also mentions a research that I have been researching the finding of to help support my point. This article contains information about other alternative sweeteners and why these may be better for us. This article did not provide me with a lot of information to support my topic but it did give me some ideas to continue my research.

Jacobson, 2004, High Fructose Syrup and the Obesity Epidemic, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol. 80, 1081, 2004

This source comes from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and was written by Michael F.Jacobson from The Center for Science in the Public Interest. Mr. Jacobson’s wrote in response to a publication written by Mr. Bray and Mr. Popkins about HFCS in soda and its link to obesity. This information is helpful by providing me with more avenues disputing this controversy. I have been unsuccessful finding the information on the internet, I will continue my research of my leads at the library and use them for my final project. Even though I was not able to get immediate information for my project it will be helpful in providing a rhetorical situation for my audience.

Forristal, 2001, The Murky World of High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and The Healing Arts, Weston A. Price Foundation fall 2001

This source came from the Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and The Healing Arts, a quarterly magazine published by Weston A. Price Foundation. Linda Forristal CCP, MTA is a former Board Member of Weston A. Price Foundation. The Weston A. Price Foundation is a non-profit charity to support the on going research of whole foods and nutrition. This was one of the first articles I discovered and it has been beneficial in leading me to other research data and articles. My choice to use this source was based on the fact it provides some diversity for my sources. The writer included a short detail on consumption, enzymes used to make the HFCS, how these enzymes make it unnatural, what products it is used in, and information on a research project that was conducted. It also included how the need for this product came at a good time for the corn industry. I found that this source gave me information in the beginning to think about and research more in depth. This source is similar to other sources in the information it pertains to. However, this article was written in a more brief to the point fashion without a lot of technical detail like most of my other sources.

Pollan, 2006, Six Rules for Eating Wisely, Time Magazine 6/12/2006, Vol. 167 Issue 24, p97-97, 1p, 6c

This source comes from ebcohost from the MCC library. Michael Pollan wrote this article and it appeared in Time magazine. Michael is a writer for The New York Times and is a professor at UC Berkley. He is an environmental journalist and has written a couple of different books pertaining to diet. He believes in eating healthy and has an interest in this topic. The article is helpful by supporting the fact of trying to avoid high fructose corn syrup. It is also written in away that is very basic and not over whelming for the reader. It main purpose is to make recommendations to consumers to avoid HFCS in their diets and list a number of foods and drinks to watch for HFCS in. The thing I like about this article the most is that the writer conveyed a message to be health conscious and to watch labels but did not give the impression he was bashing the product.

  Schorin, 2006 High fructose corn syrups, Part 2: health effects. Food Science, In Nutrition Today, Vol. 41, p70(8) 2006. 

This source came from Thomas Gale through the MCC library. It was written by Marilyn Schorin unfortunately I was unable to find any background information on her. I found this article interesting in the fact it is trying to debate the overall causes of the consumption of high fructose corn syrup and there may be a correlation with other deficiencies in the body that cause related health issue in combination to its consumption. I need to obtain a full article of the writers finding, and more background information before coming to any conclusions.

Elliott, Keim, Stern, Teff, & Havel, 2002, Fructose, Weight Gain, and Insulin Resistance Syndrome, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 76, 911-922 2002.

This article comes from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Peter J Havel received his Ph.D in Endocrinology, and works for University of California, Davis nutrition department. Judith S Stern S.M. Sc.D. Nutrition from Harvard university School of Public Health and works for University of California, Davis nutrition department. Karen L. Teff, received her Ph.D. from McGill University she is presently a working at Monell Chemical Senses Center. These writers co-wrote this article to bring awareness to the nutritional field on the effects fructose has on weight gain and insulin resistance. This article is technically written providing me with important technical information I will need to come to any final conclusions. I have gathered information from this paper about the foods HFCS is in, how it effects insulin levels, its effects on energy levels, how the body metabolizes it, how our organs process it and what the end result is for all of these. The most beneficial attribute of this paper is that with the number of writers it includes it has covered a wide variety of information that is important to my project.

Fructose on Plasma Lipids in Healthy Subjects, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 79, No. 5, 711-712, 2004.

This source came from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Bantle JP is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Raatz SK is the Senior Research Associate at the University of Minnesota. Thomas W Moon did this research at the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia. Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology at the University of Minnesota. This article covers a research study that was conducted on 24 healthy subjects. The publication covers the results of the effects HFCS has on the Plasma Lipids in Healthy subjects. This study provides information for my project to better understand how HFCS effect insulin and weight gain on humans. I chose this source because the writers of this paper are very creditable in terms of education and background in related fields. This source is very similar to the article titled Fructose, Weight Gain, and Insulin Resistance Syndrome because it is written very technically, cover the same ideas but in a different manner, and comes from the same publication.

Bantle, Raatz, Thomas, & Georgopoulos, May 2004 Effects of Dietary

(Unknown at this time) Myth: High-Fructose Corn Syrup Is Especially Fattening, An Epidemic of Obesity Myths, 106-107, 2004

This source was published in a book called An Epidemic of Obesity Myths. This source is debating that HFCS found in soda specifically is a cause for the rising obesity epidemic. Which was written and published by Mr. Bray and Mr. Popkins. The same article that was debated in another source I used by Mr. Jacobson. Although the excerpt is very short it as well has giving me a lead on controversy surrounding this topic. This is beneficial information for my project to help me understand the debate and controversy of this topic. This article as well will need to be followed up by more research to finalize it for my final draft.

Conclusion

The information collected here has giving me a more focused audience, and research objective for my final project. In the collecting of this data, establishing these sources, and the individuals that wrote them will give me some solid leads for future research for my specific topic and audience. The most helpful thing is the sources I found debating the research I am working with. It has been hard to find research that supports the debate especially with quantity and credibility. I will be able to take these leads find other authors and articles to help build up the other perspective that I feel I am lacking at this point in my project.