Getting fatter...faster!

[UkrainianGuy]

One of the reasons why obesity is an epidemic is the high fructose corn syrup added to almost EVERYTHING! Not only does it make you fat...it makes you fat FASTER than other sugars!!

http://www.sciencentral.com/video/20...ter-fatteners/

[Mr Ontario]

That and your getting old :)


One of the reasons why obesity is an epidemic is the high fructose corn syrup added to almost EVERYTHING! Not only does it make you fat...it makes you fat FASTER than other sugars!!

http://www.sciencentral.com/video/20...ter-fatteners/

[5151]

corn in it's many forms has just about taken over 90% of packaged products in the grocery store. Just another reason I try to make sure most foods I purchase have 2 or less ingredients.

[Gettin'r'round]

+ the internet, suburban living, video games, perverts on every street ...

people are simply moving less than they did 20 years ago.

plus the food supply has less nutrients then 20, 40, +++ years ago

in the US, federal gov't policy was to produce more food than necessary. this of course led to oversupply. so the easiest thing to do is to get people to eat more and more and more. food companies unleashed their marketing dept's and we got supersized.
note the US food guide NEVER (ok once in the 80's) promotes "eat less". this will never happen. too many food interests with huge $$ to lobby to make sure their industry get's it's interests served by the food guides/pyramids. dairy, meat, sugar, grain and salt all make sure you never see DON'T eat this or that. "May be considered part of a healthy diet" yea whatever. this is the mantra of the USDA/FDA etc. from what I can tell it's working swell....

this is a condensed version of the book Food Politics