Thanks for referencing that article SgtHooper. I think I had seen it earlier.
I wish that reporters would make a distinction between natural sugars and processed sugar, processed sugar like high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) being the real concern. I now read the labels on confections and avoid anything that list HFCS, Oreo Cookies being one of them. :^(
I’ve noticed that just about everything that has frosting on it probably has HFCS.
You’ll find that corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup have become building blocks for many of our foods: bread, peanut butter, mayo, tomatoe sauce...these are foods that aren’t normally thought of as being ‘sweet’. Corn syrup has become a major part of our diets (unless a very deliberate attempt to reduce it is made). It is both a filler and a sweetener.
I always think about cattle in a feed lot. They are fed corn to get fattened up...every time I drink a soda, I feel like I’m fattening myself up.