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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 5
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Think you know what you’re
eating? Are you reading the
labels?
Scientists know that
high fructose corn syrup
makes it impossible for per
sons with diabetes to satis
factorily control their blood
sugar. Diabetes leads to
blindness, heart attacks,
amputations, strokes and
many other preventable
problems, as well as early
death.
What is high-fructose
com syrup? It is not the
same thing as the natural,
healthy fructose in honey
and fruit. "High-fructose
corn syrup" is a highly
refined, artificial product. It
is created through a compli
cated chemical process that
transforms cornstarch into a
thick, clear liquid. White
sugar and "high-fructose
com syrup" are not the same.
"High-fructose com syrup"
is worse than sugar.
New research indicates
that HFCS fools the body by
turning off the body’s sense
of feeling full, when eating
products containing it.
The dangers of white sugar
have been known for a long
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Carolyn Guilford
time. But now the evidence
is clear that "high-fructose
corn syrup" is even more
dangerous for those of us
with the sweet tooth, by
increasing sweet cravings.
"High-fructose corn
syrup" is not the com syrup
you buy in a bottle at the
supermarket to use for bak
ing. It's an artificial additive
that's cheaper and easier for
manufacturers of sodas and
fruit juices to use. If you read
labels, you'll find this addi
tive in such products as piz
zas, sweetened yogurt, baby
food, ketchup, cookies, beer
and frighteningly in most
manufactured foods. In
foods we don’t think of as
sweet. It is in foods with
sugar, and in foods with
other artificial sweeteners.
If the artificial additive
"high-fructose com syrup" is
added to an otherwise
healthy food, is the overall
product still healthy? If you
add a fragment of poison to
vitamins, are they still good
for you? After all, just a
small quantity of poison
probably won't kill you on
the spot, but the cumulative
amounts will. 10 years, 15
years of the collective affects
of "high-fructose com syrup"
is evident in the health prob
lems we have today.
Manufacturers of food
products began substituting
"high-fructose corn syrup"
for white sugar in the 1970's.
The increased use of "high-
fructose com syrup" from the
1970's to now, coincides
with the obesity, the out of
control diabetes and the rate
of cancer that affects us
today. The continued con
sumption of this artificial
sweetener will be our down
fall, if we don’t take control of
what we purchase and what
we eat.
Carolyn Guilford
www.HealthRestorationl01.com
P.O. Box 2814, Savannah, GA
31402
Memorial’s Whipple Named Georgia’s
2009 Young Surgeon of the Year
Memorial University
Medical Center (MUMC)
physician Oliver C. Whipple,
M.D., has been awarded the
2009 Young Surgeon of the
Year Award by the Georgia
Chapter of the American
College of Surgeons.
Whipple was chosen from
among surgeons 45 years old
and younger in the state of
Georgia.
Whipple is certified by
the American Board of
Surgery and is a member of
the American College of
Surgeons. He is specially
trained to perform the Roux-
en-Y gastric bypass proce
dure and the adjustable gas
tric band laparoscopically.
After earning his undergrad-
Dr. Oliver Whipple
uate degree at the University
of Georgia, he attended med
ical school at Mercer
University School of
Medicine in Macon.
Whipple has earned
numerous teaching awards
and presented many lectures
about surgery.
The American College
of Surgeons is a scientific
and educational association
of surgeons that was founded
in 1913 to improve the qual
ity of care for the surgical
patient by setting high stan
dards for surgical education
and practice.
The Georgia Chapter of
the American College of
Surgeons advocates for its
members and the patients
they serve, encourages the
highest standards of ethical
surgical practice in the state
of Georgia, and provides
educational opportunities for
its members as well as sur
gery residents and medical
students.
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For more information, contact Branded Hearts Church International at 912-790-0610
State Launches New Online Organ
and Tissue Donor Registry
LifeLink of Georgia, the
non-profit organ recovery
agency, in partnership with
the Georgia Department of
Driver Services and Donate
Life Georgia, a non-profit
coalition of the state’s organ,
tissue and eye donation and
transplantation programs and
other organizations with an
interest in organ, tissue and
eye donation announce the
launch of the State’s new
web-based organ and tissue
donor registry.
The newly enacted
Georgia Revised Uniform
Anatomical Gift Act
(UAGA), also known as
Senate Bill 405, allows resi
dents to legally designate
their wish to save lives as an
organ and tissue donor from
the comfort of their home by
visiting www.donatelifegeor-
gia.org.
For years, Georgians
were required to visit a local
driver services office to regis
ter as an organ and tissue
donor. Registration is still
available at the driver servic
es offices but individuals can
now also choose to register
anywhere that has internet
access. Registrations are
secure and registered donors
will have the opportunity to
update their profile or remove
themselves from the registry.
“We are thankful to the
authors of the Georgia
Revised Uniform Anatomical
Gift Act for sponsoring the
bill in 2008. It now allows
individuals the opportunity to
save lives through donation,”
said Kathleen Lilly, Sr. Vice
President/Executive Director,
LifeLink of Georgia. “We
also want to thank the
Georgia Department of
Driver Services for working
with LifeLink of Georgia and
the donor registry team to
facilitate the completion of
this important technology.”
Close to 3,000
Georgians are waiting for an
organ transplant and hun
dreds more wait for corneal
and tissue transplants which
can help restore vision, treat
bums and prevent amputa
tions, etc.
To leam more about the
Donate Life Georgia Organ
Tissue Donor Registry visit
www.donatelifegeorgia.org
or contact Donate Life
Georgia at 1-866-57-SHARE
(74273).
INVITATION TO BID
Scaled bids/proposals will be received by the Board or
Lducnhnn for the City of Savannah and Co arty of
Chatham at die Purchasing Department,
208 Bull Slrcel. Room 213.
Savannah, Georgia 3J40L
fD-20 Gmor CX Utility Vehicle
Closing Date: (WJ5/05J & 2 PM
10-23 Laminahjrs Annual Contract
Cluing Date: 04/tSdWf"' II AM
REP 10-27 Employee Benefits VbIutiiarv Denial Coverage
Closing Date: 09/29/09 f'r )| AM
Fence Installation at Thunderbolt Elementary
ClO-Ofi School
Closing Dale: 09/17/09 @ 2 PM
At the time and place noted above, bids will be pub
licly opened N<i extension of the bidding period will
be made unless indicated by written addendum. He
Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and
to waive any imeeularilies or Icthniealilies in propos
als received whenever such rejection or waiver is in
tile best interest of the Board, The Board has the right
to disqualify a bid of any bidder deemed non-respom
si\e to the Board. Bidding documents may be oh
tainvd from the Purchasing Depiarttineni. 208 Bull
Sueet. Room 213, Savannah, Georgia 31401 or they
Bitty be downloaded from the District's web site.
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The Board of Education is an
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Health
reform
care
will
be the end
DON'T LET THE MYTHS STOP REFORM.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ARE TRYING TO
BLOCK PROGRESS ON HEALTH CARE REFORM
USING MYTHS AND SCARE TACTICS- LIKE
THE MYTH THAT HEALTH CARE REFORM WILL
WEAKEN MEDICARE. THAT’S SIMPLY FALSE.
THE FACT IS, HEALTH CARE REFORM WiLL
NOT CUT MEDICARE BENEFITS OR INCREASE
YOUR OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS FOR MEDICARE
SERVICES, WHAT IT WILL DO IS STRENGTHEN
MEDICARE BY CRACKING DOWN ON FRAUD
AND ELIMINATING WASTEFUL SPENDING- FOR
PEOPLE IN MEDICARE, HEALTH CARE REFORM
IS ABOUT LOWERING PRESCRIPTION COSTS,
CHOOSING YOUR DOCTOR AND IMPROVING
QUALITY OF CARE.
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