Ahh... Proof, Proof, It's Proof at last

So I figured I had heard some good reasons to avoid HFCS at some
point... and I guess I probably did. It is pretty bad for you,
evidently. I googled "high fructose corn syrup," and the first result
was <a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html">this
page.</a>

According to Mother Linda, who wrote the article, most of the
sweetener in processed food comes from HFCS, which passed sugar as a
sweetener in the 1990's. It turns out that, while it is a long process
and involves lots of chemicals and enzymes and fungus and stuff like
that, HFCS is actualyl cheaper overall than sugar.

And it's big business. According to Mother Linda, "Four companies
control 85 percent of the $2.6 billion business—Archer Daniels
Midland, Cargill, Staley Manufacturing Co. and CPC International."

The article goes as far as saying that children should not drink fruit
juices, which is high in fructose. Fructose, although it is related to
fruit, has some pretty nasty side effects, and can really screw stuff
up. Rats who lived on a diet of fructose ended up with major heart
problems, high cholestrol, and the livers that looked like they were
alcoholic.

So wow... this actually is good for me. :-)
More to come.. some time...