The Truth About High Fructose Corn Syrup - The Science Behind the Sweetener

QSR Magazine ^ | May 2008 | Blair Chancey

[HamiltonJay]

Good luck with that... you want real sugar in your food anymore, you better make it yourself.

Especially when you want to talk soda/pop... there is only one company I know that uses 100% cane sugar to sweeten its product, and its a small regional outlet based in Natrona Heights, PA. There may be some others, but they are few and far between.

HFCS is in EVERYTHING... I can’t recall picking up and reading the label of ANYTHING sweet, that did not have this as an ingredient.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“I think that it is in the HFCS supporter’s court to show that there really is NO correlation between its product and our sugar related difficulties, since NONE of them were evident until HFCS took over from cane/beet sugar (sucrose)”
I guess there were no diabetics before the invention of HFCS?
Bullsh*t.
The predominant scientific theory is that juvenile diabetes predominately results from viral attack of the pancreas. Many forms of adult onset diabetes are brought on by obesity, that is true, but there is much more contributing to obesity than a single dietary ingredient. Primarily, the eating habits of our society have changed greatly since the 1960’s, with the higher consumption of convenience foods and incredible amount of highly processed foods. White bread, white sugar, two dozen unpronounceable preservatives, colorings and flavor enhancers. Every single item has been demonized at one time or the other with little scientific scrutiny. The overall picture being missed is, we are eating more junk food, and spending too much time being lazy.