Balance of Food

I am pleased to unveil another anti-HFCS story in the MSM. This time, it's a blog entry from Julie Deardorff from the Chicago Tribune. Like a lot of MSM articles on the topic, this hedges on what could be the problems with high-fructose corn syrup. I wish it was much stronger against it, but I'm glad it is out there. Traditionally, the Chicago Tribune hasn't gone after companies such as Archer Daniels Midland, a huge profiteer from HFCS, due to its ties to Illinois. There is also the perception that going after HFCS somehow is like attacking corn farmers. Let me be extremely clear: my attacks on HFCS have nothing to do with corn farmers. As residents of the United States, we (and our cows) eat way too much corn. I would like to see us feed more of the world with corn and have those in the U.S. get their corn from corn and, well, corn chips. It is bad to get corn from ketchup, soft drinks, pickles, and breads.