Hi Meowee,
Thanks for putting up this article. It is an incredibly important health issue and a nutritional scandal! Recently, ads have begun to air here in the U.S. that are ads just for HFCS. They are pointedly trying to get people to believe that HFCS is safe in moderation. But, it is in almost all packaged foods, even those that you would not think needed it, like Wheat Thins. Why does a savory cracker need a sweetener? A great documentary about HFCS is "King Corn". The production of HFCS is big ari-business run amok. In a country like the U.S., where food insecurity is mounting, the production of a food additive that mostly promotes poor health and obesity is a moral and ethical issue and a social injustice. People who make plenty of money can afford to buy fresh, organic, wholesome foods. Those who are less fortunate get more than their fair share of this ubiquitous, cheap sweetener.
Read labels, protest against HFCS by letting your purchases do your talking. Don't buy products that contain HFCS. Iowa will go back to being a dairy state, not a state that mostly grows GMO corn used in the production of HFCS!
Sheri
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