I always considered HFCS as insidious and evil. It’s in everythinng. Like he said, even bread. I think I might have mentioned it in other threads before. I was surprised that on some of the graphs, coincidentally, after 1975 when HFCS got introduced in the U.S. that the health problems skyrocketed. Now I can’t remember. I think it was obesity they were addressing, but maybe cardio. I was just impressed by the sharp rise about the same time we got HFCS. I’m sure sugar is just as bad as he says, but I really am convinced HFCS is a special breed of danger.
And I remember being a kid and trying one time Gatorade and thinking “bleh.” And years later drinking it. Oh, how tasty. Didn’t know Pepsi bought it and added the HFCS.
And yes, equalizer, sugar is addictive. After he explained the process the liver goes through once you digest it, I believe it. Basically comparing a can of coke to be just as bad as a can of beer.
Makes you really wonder about all these kids afflicted with ADD or AHDD. I really think a good amount of it is related to HFCS. And yet doctors just dispense meds, rather than educating parents and telling them to take their kids of all HFCS.
I’m so glad that growing up my parents really limited our sugar intake. I feel really lucky. My mom made so much from scratch. I remember being a kid and being so bothered that we couldn’t go to McDonald’s like the other kids or drink sodas. That was a rare thing. My dad was really anti-soda. And that was before 1975.
I don’t think I’m that old and it doesn’t seem that long ago, but boy, in comparison, it was a different world and much simpler.
On another note, I was not aware that it was Nixon that started WIC. I think I’ve learned more about Nixon this year than when I was in school.
