YES!!! For years, I have had problems with my weight despite portion control and quality of food, and my triglycerides (always above 499 when tested, which was off the range) and doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong--also suffered daily and nightly migraine headaches--in addition, was hungry all the time. Learned I was hypothyroid but had little trouble getting that under control, yet still had all the other symptoms. Someone told me to cut HFCS out of my diet as much as possible. Never heard of the stuff, went to the grocery store one day and started reading labels and got the shock of my life--EVERYTHING, nearly every item in the store, even the so-called 'healthy choice' type items, had HFCS in the ingredients. I found very little at that time that did not, other than fresh fruit, veggies, and meat that you cook yourself!! Started carefully monitoring everything coming in to the house. Migraines disappeared like magic, weight gain stopped (although I still have a lot to lose), and hunger cravings also disappeared for the most part. Found a few companies that had items without it, Pepperidge Farm had some bread and bagels that were HFCS free, for example (but not all). Lately we've notice more and more items having the phrase NO HFCS on the labels, so it's easier to shop for us. There was a commercial series for a short while promoting HFCS that used to have me screaming at the tv--'it's like sugar, fine with moderation'--really? WHEN EVERYTHING IN THE GROCERY STORE JUSTABOUT HAS HFCS IN IT?!?!?
Corn Refiner's Assoc. commercial Glad to see that connections are being made between HFCS and obesity finally! I can always tell when I eat something outside of home that has HFCS in it--instant migraine!
Forgot to add that my triglyceride levels are now in the normal range—all these things are affected by HFCS, so I don’t think it’s a coincidence my problems ended for the most part when I restricted it from my and my family’s diet.
FYI
"Check the Passover section of your supermarket. Some soda companies produce a sugar/sucrose-based version of their products around Passover for Jews who are restricted by custom from eating corn during this time.
Coca-Cola produces a version of Coke without corn syrup that can be identified by a yellow cap and is considered by some to taste better than Coke Zero, which is also free of corn syrup but contains artificial sweeteners, not sugar."