{"id":1928,"date":"2014-10-29T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/ick-or-treat-candy-corn-why-to-avoid-this.html"},"modified":"2016-09-19T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:20:33","slug":"ick-or-treat-candy-corn-why-to-avoid-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1928","title":{"rendered":"Ick Or Treat! Candy Corn: Why to avoid this."},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Candy2BCorn2Bin2Bbag.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-opt-id=424750343  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Candy2BCorn2Bin2Bbag.jpg?resize=240%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"320\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">It says, &#8220;Made with REAL HONEY&#8221;, <br \/>so it must be good for you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;m presenting Week 1 of our Not One Ounce Holiday Program today at noon and 3pm, and we&#8217;re talking about the best candies to choose for Halloween.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Spoiler Alert! (it&#8217;s not the candy corn)<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">To make the point for the presentation, I brought this into the office, and everyone here moaned and groaned about how gross these things are, in every possible inflection:&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;\">&#8220;You BOUGHT that?&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;YOU, bought that?&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Wait, you bought THAT?&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This mini-cone of waxy sugary dye is so popular that over&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>35 million pounds of it will be produced this year. That&#8217;s almost 9 billion pieces. Gosh, I wonder why we have weight and health problems? Maybe it&#8217;s our genes or the carbs or because we&#8217;re not eating 12 times per day &#8230; or maybe it&#8217;s because we&#8217;re eating 9 billion pieces of this every year. Maybe that has something to do with it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nc4l_NEZQhs\/VFDjijNrF0I\/AAAAAAAAD84\/KVhjitVftHk\/s1600\/Candy%2BCorn%2BIngredients.jpeg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-opt-id=172588125  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nc4l_NEZQhs\/VFDjijNrF0I\/AAAAAAAAD84\/KVhjitVftHk\/s1600\/Candy%2BCorn%2BIngredients.jpeg?resize=150%2C200\" height=\"200\" width=\"150\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Candy Corn Ingredients: <br \/>4 sugars, 4 AFCs\/flavors<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a data-show-count=\"false\" data-size=\"large\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willclower\">Follow @willclower<\/a><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">To put an exclamation point on the problem, there&#8217;s even a&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.food.com\/food-holidays\/candy-corn-day-1030\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">National Candy Corn Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;on Thursday, which is amazing for 9 billion reasons. How do I get a National Buy-My-Product-The-Day-Before-Everyone-Wants-It &#8230; Day?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Check out the ingredients here. There are four (count &#8217;em, four) kinds of sugars, because three just wasn&#8217;t sweet enough. Plus there are four kinds of artificial flavors and food dyes (AFCs). Please read this <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1wCTezO\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;\">article on AFCs<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and the research showing their impact on behavior, particularly on our kids.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">So, this staple of Halloween contains ingredients associated with behavioral disturbances and weight gain. Besides the things that are in it, it&#8217;s great for you.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">So, if you want to be healthy, control your weight, and avoid the Halloween Hyperactivity Effect, just say no to this scary little bit of weirdness.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The good news is that you will have the opportunity to say no a whole lot more now. Manufacturers now make a Thanksgiving &#8220;Indian corn&#8221;, a Christmas &#8220;Reindeer corn&#8221;, &#8220;Cupid corn&#8221; to give to your love for Valentine&#8217;s Day, &#8220;Bunny corn&#8221; for Easter, and (no kidding!) &#8220;Freedom corn&#8221; (red, white and blue) for July 4.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">For more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It says, &#8220;Made with REAL HONEY&#8221;, so it must be good for you. 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