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High Fructose Corn Syrup is NOT safe

cornThe Corn Refiners Association would like you to believe the High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is perfectly fine. A new study has found that nearly half of all samples tested contained Mercury. Mercury is not good for you in any amount! Once you add up all that HFCS you consume, that relates to a lot of Mercury!

HFCS is used in many different items from bread, cereals, and lunchmeats to soups and condiments. It is the cheapest and easiest way for manufacturers to sweeten their foods. Some of the items that were detected to contain mercury include: Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup, Market Pantry Grape Jelly, Frosted Blueberry Poptarts, Hunt’s Tomato Ketchup and Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt.

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Yes you can make yogurt in the Crockpot!

And it is soooo good! I got the original recipe from  A Year of Crockpotting and I’ve tweaked it to make it work for me. This is so much better than store bought and unbelievably cheaper!

Ingredients
1 half gallon of milk
1/2 cup of yogurt

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