Not so sweet, not so surprising Scientists at Yale have found the “missing link” between high fructose corn syrup and type II diabetes.  Also, the average American gulps down 60 lbs of the stuff every year. Private inspections a weak defense The NY Times tell the story of a private insp...

That much-debated sweetener, high-fructose corn syrup, is going to need more than a pricey PR campaign to fix this one. After one set of scientists found mercury — yes, everyone’s favorite brain-impairing element — in almost half of commercial HFCS, another bunch of scientists decided to g...

It's been fun Jameth, but I am through playing here. Your friends are assholes. Bye. I was defriended. What the hell happened here?!?! I am just now catching up....

Conveniently timed with the Corn Refiners Association’s multimillion-dollar campaign to sweeten consumers’ appetite for high fructose corn syrup, the FDA has reversed its position on whether HFCS can be labeled “natural,” reports Food Navigator yesterday. “HFCS, like ta...

"oh! let's have coconut rum and Sunny D!" it sounded like a great idea at the time. i had a few of them and even chugged some Sunny D by itself because i needed some water and decided that it tasted good. then i glanced at the ingredients. i have a HFCS hangover this morning. it also has canola oil ...

Hansen’s Natural Soda is replacing high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) with cane sugar in all its soft drinks. Given that most soda advertisements these days seem to involve a daredevil doing something dramatic like riding a bike out of an airplane, a slogan that contains “to the max” ...

A growing number of weight-loss programs are using faith as motivation to change unhealthy habits, Kathryn Masterson reported in today's Chicago Tribune. "Unlike Weight Watchers and other mainstream diet programs, religion-based plans such as Weigh Down and First Place use biblical teachings to...