Look at the ingredients on anything that is even remotely clost to sweet in taste and it undoubtedly contains high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). “The body processes the fructose in high fructose corn syrup differently than it does old-fashioned cane or beet sugar, which in turn alters the way metabolic-regulating hormones function. It also forces the liver to kick more fat out into the bloodstream. The end result is that our bodies are essentially tricked into wanting to eat more and at the same time, we are storing more fat.” This would help explain the severe increase in obesity since HFCS began use in the early ’80’s. More disturbing is that no group “has yet refuted the growing scientific concern that, when all is said and done, fructose … is about the furthest thing from natural that one can imagine, let alone eat.”
Here’s an article that explains what it is, how it came to be, and why you should probably avoid it:
http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html
Here’s another that discusses many issues surrounding it:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/18/FDGS24VKMH1.DTL
Here’s a site that is ‘pro’ HFCS:
