[wbill]

You're right, at the end of the day, moderation is the key to all things.

I'm far from a nutcase on HFCS, but I've noticed two things....

1) The Corn Lobby has been buying time on TV stations promoting HFCS as sugar....just the same as cane sugar, beet sugar, etc etc etc. I start yelling at the TV..."FRUCTOSE and SUCROSE are NOT THE SAME THING!!!!". So far, the TV hasn't responded to me. Mrs WBill did ask me, however, if I knew how funny I looked.

B) My wife decided that we'd cut back on HFCS. We're a little more cognizant of whether or not it's in what we're eating, and are changing what we buy, accordingly. I found HFCS in a ton of stuff that I'd never think of (Bread! Ketchup?!) and HFCS listed in the top 3 ingredients in a whole lot more (soda..duh, peanut butter).

As a result of these cutbacks, I've noticed that I feel fuller and don't eat as much. For instance, I used to have a couple of PB sandwiches for lunch, now one fills me up just fine. Interesting, sez I.

[null and void]

If you want to fatten cattle you feed them corn.

[Errant]

I did some heavy research into HFCS vs. regular sugar sometime back. The theory is that processed HFCS contains fructose molecules that are wound differently than those occurring naturally (in fruits and etc.). Therefor, the liver doesn't know how to process it and then goes into overdrive trying.

Other issues are somehow (don't remember exactly how) related to the feeling of hunger, it throws a wrench into the biological mechanism that lets you when you're full.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I will not buy anything with corn sweetener in it. Period.
No Coke or any soft drinks. Don't drink the “sugar free” stuff either.

Gimme a tall sun tea with a squeeze of lemon on a hot day.