Tuesday, September 21, 2010
A little thought about corn syrup
I thought this summary of corn syrup and diet from Maggie Koerth-Baker (of Boing Boing) was extremely interesting. Her main points are: It's a sweetener, not the devil, and its main impact comes from its cheapness allowing producers to put it in a lot of our food. Hence we need to be reducing our sugar intake, not freaking out about corn syrup. Check it out for a cogent summary and links to more detail.
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I agree that the primary problem is sugar, not HFCS in general, though I do believe that the power of the corn lobby, made possible in part by the prevalence of HFCS, leads us to really poor choices such as subsidizing corn-based ethanol as an alternative fuel, which is very inefficient.
ReplyDeleteI don't drink soda and the fruit juice I drink is sweetened without HFCS and I still think I drink too much of it. So I'm trying to switch to tap water flavored with lemon or lime extract, no sweetener.
Doug