This is absurd beyond the pale.
Want to fight obesity? Lift the tariffs on cane sugar and get rid of High Fructose Corn Syrup. I think what they are saying in defense of HFCS is propaganda.
I know if you wean yourself from it by being VERY careful about what you eat you will feel a LOT better. It is very difficult to do though because the stuff is in everything from catsup to Coke and everything in between.
HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) is the same as table sugar: about 50% glucose and 50% fructose.
The problem isn’t the chemical makeup of HFCS, the problem is it is cheap—ultra cheap. Consequently:
1) Manufacturers can afford to put sweetener into products that never had sugar; even vitamins and medicines now contain sweeteners.
2) Manufacturers can now afford to put more (way more) sweetener into existing products; for example, anyone old enough to remember pre-HFCS Coke knows that modern Coke is waaaay sweeter; that’s because it contains more sugar.
About 20% of the typical American’s daily calories come from one item: HFCS—sugar! Do you think that in 1900 20% of the typical American’s calories came from sugar? No, not even close.
Americans have a high demand for sweet products. The food industry is meeting that demand by producing sweeter foods and cheaper sweeteners. The problem is on the demand side.