My September 23, 2020, Email to NOW® Foods Re: Dextrose

Email: productinfo@nowfoods.com

Re:  Glucose (blood sugar) vs. dextrose (corn sugar manufactured from cornstarch)

Dextrose, NOW® Foods

You have not cited a reference for the following declaration on your website.
"Dextrose is another name for glucose, a simple sugar that plays an important role in cellular energy production. Dextrose is actually the primary source of energy for most living organisms. NOW Real Food® Dextrose is a natural sweetener with a fine texture and moderate sweetness."
https://www.nowfoods.com/natural-foods/dextrose

I have been a full-time corn-allergy advocate for nearly seven years, and my primary goal is to protect individuals with an IgE-mediated allergy to corn; e.g., it took me three years to forward critical corn allergy documentation to our nation's hospitals, colleges of medicine, and colleges of pharmacy after members of our corn allergy support groups (12K+) have testified that most medical professionals are oblivious to the critical difference between dextrose (corn sugar) and glucose (blood sugar).  

Dextrose (corn sugar manufactured from cornstarch) is NOT glucose (blood sugar present in all living organisms); therefore, it is impossible for corn sugar (dextrose) to be naturally present in any food/drug/biologic product.  Dextrose is corn sugar manufactured from cornstarch that is ADDED TO food/drug/biologic products, which is the reason that IV fluids to which corn sugar (dextrose) has been added are contraindicated for administration to corn-allergic patients.

CORN SUGAR (DEXTROSE), CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION 21CFR184.1857
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1857

Instructions for reporting medical professionals who administer corn sugar (dextrose) IV fluids to corn-allergic patients in direct violation of the contraindication warning in the package insert.
LACTATED RINGER’S IN 5% DEXTROSE CONTRAINDICATED FOR CORN-ALLERGIC PATIENTS
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2019/12/lactated-ringers-in-5-dextrose.html

Dextrose: Facts vs. Fiction
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/08/dextrose-facts-vs-fiction.html

Please read this corn industry propaganda back from the early 1940s.  It is the corn industry that began equating dextrose (corn sugar) w/glucose (blood sugar), thereby endangering the lives of corn-allergic consumers and patients.  This false narrative has been recklessly propagated by the NIH National Library of Medicine.

The Corn Products Refining Company declared dextrose to be corn sugar back in the 1940s.

“Dextrose: All-American Corn Sugar,” Candy Professor, September 29, 2010
https://candyprofessor.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/dextrose-all-american-corn-sugar/

Glucose (blood sugar) must NEVER be equated with dextrose (corn sugar manufactured from cornstarch).
[This petition does NOT solicit donations.]
PETITION: Defund the NIH National Library of Medicine for Willful Negligence
https://www.change.org/p/united-states-department-of-health-human-services-defund-the-nih-national-library-of-medicine-for-willful-negligence

My July 2, 2020, Appeal to the NIH National Library of Medicine Re: PubChem CID 79025, Glucose (Blood Sugar) vs. Dextrose (Corn Sugar Derived from Cornstarch)
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/07/my-july-2-2020-appeal-to-nih-national.html

My August 26, 2020, Email to the FDA and the NIH National Library of Medicine Re: Molecular Formula for Glucose (Blood Sugar) vs. Dextrose (Corn Sugar)
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/08/my-august-26-2020-email-to-fda-and-nih.html

My August 29, 2020, Email to the FDA and the NIH National Library of Medicine Re: Immediate Revision of PubChem Documents Equating Glucose (Blood Sugar) with Dextrose (Corn Sugar)
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-29-2020-email-to-fda-and-nih.html

My August 29, 2020, Email to the National Library of Medicine Re: Depositor-Supplied Synonyms in PubChem Documents; e.g., Grape Sugar
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-29-2020-email-to-national.html

My March 5, 2020, Email to the FDA Re: Dextrose (Corn Sugar), Code of Federal Regulation 21CFR184.1857, vs. Glucose (Blood Sugar)
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/03/email-to-fda-re-dextrose-corn-sugar-per.html

In closing, never reference Wikipedia in determining facts.  This appears to be a corn-industry-driven website; e.g., they erroneously redirect the reader from "dextrose" to "glucose" if dextrose is referenced.  I am currently in discussions w/Wikipedia about this issue, and have raised my concerns with the 17 members of Congress who are medical doctors.  

Thank you very much for your attention to this critical concern.

Diane H., Corn Allergy Advocate
Corn Allergy Advocacy/Resources
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/
Email:  cornallergyinitiative@gmail.com
Twitter:  @CornAllergy911

Additional References:

United States Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted Re: Protocol for Treating Corn-Allergic Patients
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/07/united-states-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Colleges of Medicine Contacted Re: Protocol for Treating Corn-Allergic Patients
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2018/04/colleges-of-medicine-contacted-re.html

Colleges of Pharmacy Contacted Re: Protocol for Treating Corn-Allergic Patients
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2018/05/colleges-of-pharmacy-contacted-re.html

Dietitians/Nutritionists Contacted Re: Protocol for Treating Corn-Allergic Patients
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/

Corn Allergy References, Surveys, Studies, Statistics, & Petitions
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2018/04/corn-allergy-reference-links.html

August, 2020, Month-End Corn Allergy Statistics: 957.5% Increase in 86 Months
(Corn is ubiquitous and is EXEMPT from FDA labeling requirements, resulting in underreporting and suppression of corn allergy statistics).
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/04/corn-allergy-statistics-monthly.html

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My September 23, 2020, Email to NOW® Foods Re: Dextrose
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/09/my-september-23-2020-email-to-now-foods.html