Todd Dawson
To what did Dawson compare Americans in the article?
Corn chips.
In the article, did it say that the European diet was healthier than the American? If yes, then why?
Yes, because it doesn't have high levels of corn sweeteners and processed foods.
Why are Americans compared to corn chips?
Because they have a very large fraction of corn in their diets.
What are the advantages of corn-based carbon?
Fast source of energy.
What can a American do to lower their chance of obesity and type 2 diabetes?
Cut out the corn sweetener from their diet, check their foods and drinks for corn-based carbon and high fructose corn syrup.
What did Dawson use to test the amount of corn in your body?
Strands of hair.
What does Europe have a high risk of?
Obesity and diabetes
Why do Americans have a large fraction of corn in their diets?
Because of an additive in so many foods we find on market shelves.
What are the disadvantages of consuming too much corn-based carbon?
Obesity or type 2 diabetes.
Would the only solution for Americans to become healthier is for them to go to Europe? If not, why?
No, because they can improve their diets in America by cutting out processed food, corn sweetener, etc.
After Dawson visited Italy, he tested his own hair. What were the results?
He was 5% corn,
What does the European diet consist of
Whole foods, very few processed foods.
Foods like ketchup, salad dressing, soda, cookies, and chips all most likely contain what?
High fructose corn syrup.
If we eat a particular kind of food, and it has a particular kind of carbon in it, where would it get recorded?
In our tissues, our hair, fingernails, and muscles.
Why did the results become smaller after Dawson went to Italy?
Because Europeans eat a diet with few processed foods, and little to no high fructose corn syrup in their foods and drinks. So when he went to Europe, he was rarely exposed to these processed food and his diet got healthier.
Did Dawson believe corn was the problem?
No, the sweeteners and the additives made from it.
Europe has high rates of obesity and diabetes, despite having.....?
Little to no high fructose corn syrup in their foods and drinks.
Americans are at high risk of type 2 diabetes and obesity, why?
Because of a sweetener made from corn that gets into many of the foods that Americans are consuming too much of.
Dawson tested a strand of an American's hair. What were the results?
69% corn-based carbon.
Can an American eat a big portion of these processed foods and drinks all at once, every day, and stay healthy?
No, because eating heavily processed food is still unhealthy because the body gets too much corn sweetener, salt, and high fructose corn syrup at once, and not enough real nutrients to stay healthy over time.
What was Todd Dawson's main focus?
Educating people on the risks of consuming too much corn sweeteners and corn fructose syrup.
Compare and contrast the European diet and the American diet.
Compare: They both have high levels of obesity and diabetes.
Contrast: The European Diet contains fewer processed foods and little to no high fructose corn syrup in its foods and drinks, unlike the American diet.
What is there a danger that comes with growing corn?
It's going into making high fructose corn syrup.
What is corn-based carbon made out of?
Carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, all combined to form molecules like starch and cellulose.
If North America used the corn naturally (keep it as it is), would it benefit the American Diet? If yes, why?
Yes, because it wouldn't be turned into high fructose corn syrup.