High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)

High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is marker constituent for junk foods. Cheaper than sucrose, it is contained within many kinds of processed food, especially soft drinks. There is nearly as much of it in the food supply as sucrose--56 pounds per year per person versus 62 pounds for table sugar. HFCS is metabillized to fat, and is considered a leading contributor to the current pandemic of obesity in children and people of all ages. HFCS supplies calories but is devoid of nutrients. The American Corn Refiners have launched a major counter attack on the FDA and leading health scientists, trying to assure the public that HFCS isn't so bad for our health. Surely there has to be something better to do with corn than process it into a food that has no nutrients and causes obesity.

Some links about HFCS:

• "High Fructose Corn Syrup: That Sweet, Sweet Bully"
• "Is high-fructose corn syrup making us fat? It's a sticky subject" (Article by Karen Gaudette, Seattle Times)
• www.stopHFCS.com
• A list of packaged foods free of HFCS
• "Is fructose to blame for obesity?" (Article by Barbara Quinn, McClatchy-Tribune)
• The Nutrition Reporter "Fructose: Maybe Not So Natural...and Not So Safe"
• Foods which DO NOT contain High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Foods containing High Fructose Corn Syrup
• "Audio broadcast linking HFCS Industry to Diabetes/Obesity Epidemic"
• "The Double Danger of High Fructose Corn Syrup"
• "Soda Warning? High-fructose Corn Syrup Linked To Diabetes, New Study Suggests"
• "The Murky World of High-Fructose Corn Syrup"
• "We're drowning in high fructose corn syrup. Do the risks go beyond our waistline?" (San Francisco Chronicle)
• "The obesity epidemic. Audio broadcast talking about physiology linking Fructose and Obesity (audio and transcript)" (The Health Report)