A close second is the copious use of corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup in just about everything. That hidden sugar and calories could blow just about any good diet, whether it's Atkins, South Beach, etc.
SUGAR. My mom used to tell me to NEVER put anything white in your mouth. Sugar, flour, rice, potatos......well mom may have been right.
I don't see the copious use of corn syrup in our food supply but even if it was being used a great deal, what do you have against it? High fructose corn syrup has replaced sucrose over the past 30 years on a nearly one for one basis. Where there was once (or would be) sucrose there is now HFCS. HFCS is made up of the same two molecules as sucrose in almost identical proportions.
That hidden sugar and calories could blow just about any good diet
Nothing is hidden. The ingredients and nutritional information is printed clearly on the label. If you want to eliminate carbs from your diet, you should simply read the label.