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**BostonDoctorTTT** · 02-08-2010, 09:56 AM

It's long been established that high fructose corn syrup is the ultimate in frankenfood and avoiding large doses of it is advisable, though very difficult in today's processed food markets. I can't remember if the topic was covered in Fast Food Nation but I definitely recall it being covered in Diet For a New America which was written by the heir to the Baskin Robbins fortune. Now the latter has to be read carefully because the author is vegan and does tend to write to that slant, but he does have a lot of good information in that book so his slant shouldn't be a huge issue in separating out the facts.

I really, really hate the ads on TV that the corn growers are running claiming that high fructose corn syrup is safe and that anything bad you've heard is just an exaggeration. The fact is few viewers will actually go research to see what the issue is about and a lot of people will blindly accept that message which is exactly why they went about advertising it in that manner.

Fun Fact: Buffy's demon ex-roommate plays the "uneducated" mom getting told in one of the commercials.

02-08-2010, 09:56 AM	#2
BostonDoctorTTT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	It's long been established that high fructose corn syrup is the ultimate in frankenfood and avoiding large doses of it is advisable, though very difficult in today's processed food markets. I can't remember if the topic was covered in Fast Food Nation but I definitely recall it being covered in Diet For a New America which was written by the heir to the Baskin Robbins fortune. Now the latter has to be read carefully because the author is vegan and does tend to write to that slant, but he does have a lot of good information in that book so his slant shouldn't be a huge issue in separating out the facts. I really, really hate the ads on TV that the corn growers are running claiming that high fructose corn syrup is safe and that anything bad you've heard is just an exaggeration. The fact is few viewers will actually go research to see what the issue is about and a lot of people will blindly accept that message which is exactly why they went about advertising it in that manner. Fun Fact: Buffy's demon ex-roommate plays the "uneducated" mom getting told in one of the commercials.
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