Comments on: “Sweet Surprise” Corn Syrup Campaign Misses the Point

By: Civil Eats » Blog Archive » Is High Fructose Corn Syrup Turning Us Into Mad Hatters?

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:24:22 +0000

[...] Syrup (HFCS) created a few sneaky commercials, which were really hard for us in the food community to take seriously. But now HFCS is in the news again — and this time the reason is much worse. It turns out [...]

By: Shiny Green Button » Blog Archive » Everything is OK in moderation. Right?

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:46:34 +0000

[...] Curt Ellis (of King Corn fame) has responded to the campaign, liking it to tobacco ads of yore. Behold the King Corn [...]

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:14:10 +0000

I love chocolate. I love sweet stuff. But 10 years ago I found out my GI tract was not digesting fructose as well as it should due anti biotic induce colitis. (similar to lactose intolerance). Damn it was hard to find food that didn’t have the stuff in it. Cereal, candy, baked goods, soft drinks, yogurt, ice cream. My diet need radical renovation to get away from the stuff, but I did it.

While it probably is safe in moderation, it seems like the average American does not eat HFCS in moderation. That is the problem. Thanks for giving us the facts. It is still up to the individual to take responsibility for what to eat. We can’t blame our diabetes on the big businesses.

By: laura

laura — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:03:15 +0000

Aryeh—

You make a good point about sugar v. hfcs. But I think it is important to consider that those 2 liter soda bottles are so cheap because of hfcs…

By: Aryeh

Aryeh — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:11:17 +0000

So you are saying that the empty calories from hfcs are more harmful than the empty calories from sugar? If the soda pop used sugar instead of hfcs would there be less obesity? If the problem is too much soft drinks, hfcs isn’t the problem, the marketing and pricing of soft drinks to the near exclusion of drinking plain water is.
Maybe you should look at the ‘coincidental’ again, and see if the move to large 2qt cheap and durable plastic bottles are more to blame for obesity than hfcs.

By: FoodRenegade

FoodRenegade — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:22:58 +0000

This is SO true! Despite all my convictions otherwise, and the great lengths I go to in order to avoid corn sweeteners, it still sneaks into my diet in unexpected and maddening places.