What do you know about it? Did you know that it's in almost everything you eat? What is it? Since the 1980's high fructose corn syrup has replaced sugar as a cheaper substitute. The taste it imparts in food is so similar to sugar that you wouldn't even know it's there unless you looked at the label. I did that a couple months ago. I looked at the labels of the canned and boxed goods in my cupboards. It's in the bread too. I buy the typical stuff you buy. Campbells soup, Kraft Mac and Cheese, Kelloggs cereals, Soft-n-Good bread. Go ahead, take a look in your cupboard. See if you can find some HFCS. I've got twenty bucks says you'll find it in less than a minute.
Like Coke or Pepsi? In there. How about hot dog buns? In there. Fruit juice? In there. Actually, it's in almost everything you eat. No wonder Michael Pollan writes in his book "The Omnivores Dilemma" that we are corn. We are! Corn is an ingredient in one form or another in a huge portion of the food you consume daily.
Here's an article I ran across today about how sugar is making a comeback against HFCS.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/dining/21sugar.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig
Here's another article about HFCS.http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html
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