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Apr 15, 2008 | 1:49 pm

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najay

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Originally Posted by MoreMilesPlease

There was a piece on 60 Minutes a few years ago about the U.S. government subsidizing the corn growers and then finding uses for the corn. Ergo, high frutose corn syrup and the abundance of it. There has been speculation that the massive use of HFCS in foods has been a major factor in the increase in obesity. The body does not handle HFCS the same was as regular sugar.

The theory is that HFCS is the major cause of DIABETES, which manifests itself as Obesity.

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