And... GO!!!

Starting now, I will no longer eat anything with corn syrup in it. I will not eat anything with corn syrup in it until August 1, 2006. I will keep this blog updated with how that goes, research I do on if what I'm doing has any scientific backing or if I'm just a loony, and eh, whatever else.
I think I'm going to start off avoiding Corn Syrup, even non-High Fructose. If my research reveals that there is a difference between the two health wise, I may just avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup, or HFCS, as I've learned to call it.

The ingredients

I admit it. It's a rare day that I pay attention to the ingredients of anything. I usually figure it will take some of the joy out of eating it. I think that there is a definite joy in eating. The Last Angry Young Man just spent a week eating nothing but Monkey Chow. He was quoted in this Chicago Tribune article as saying, "Heading in I was convinced that, although I'd miss out on the pleasure element of food, I could handle it for a week. But it hit me harder than I thought. You know, before when people would say "chocolate makes me happy," I laughed at it as trivial and simplistic, but now I understand it better. It's not just something fat people say to justify eating."
So I rarely look at ingredients, so I can enjoy food. However, since I got this idea to give up High Fructose Corn Syrup for a month, I have taken to looking at the ingredients. Today I was eating some sour gummy worms (can't get enough), and saw that the top ingredient in them is corn syrup.
Now I don't know if I'll give up all corn syrup or just high fructose corn syrup, but the thought of giving up gummy worms is pretty sad.

The thinking behind " No More High Fructose Corn Syrup"

So I'm not really sure why I'm doing this. It's not on a cool bet, like the guy who ate monkey food for a week. It's not to lose weight. I don't know anything really about High Fructose Corn Syrup, except that it's in everything... but I have a sneaking suspicion it's not good for you. SO I'm completely cutting it out of my diet for one month. That's right. I will not eat any High Fructose Corn Syrup.

This blog will be for keeping track of how it goes, what works, what doesn't work... what food I improvise, etc. I'll keep track of my weight, see if it affects that.

I'll also look into HFCS and see what research has been done on it. So check back often, and see what happens to me, in my month without HFCS.