No, my suspicions about HFCS are more based on observation and correlation: As we use more and more HFCS in more and more products, we get fatter.
I am well aware that correlation is NOT causation, but there is much we do not know about how the body metabolizes sugars that come in different proportions than what we have been eating for decades (millenia in the case of honey) before the 1980's, when HFCS use and obesity both increased geometrically, and simultaneously.
I understand your frustration with those of us who do not share your lack of concern over this product, but I will continue to keep trying to reduce my use of HFCS until it can be shown to be no more harmful than cane sugar.
Just as I said: feelings.
As we use more and more HFCS in more and more products, we get fatter
No, as we consume more calories than we expend, we get fatter. You might want to look up the laws of thermodynamics when you have a few minutes.
but there is much we do not know about how the body metabolizes sugars that come in different proportions than what we have been eating for decades
Nonsense. We know a great deal about how the body metabolizes sugars even if you choose not to admit it or disagree with what we know.
.....before the 1980's, when HFCS use and obesity both increased geometrically, and simultaneously.
But you said before that you were well aware that correlation is not causation. So much for that.
I saw research once that correlated the price of peanuts in Georgia with the amount of rainfall in Fiji. Coincidence? I think not.
I understand your frustration with those of us who do not share your lack of concern over this product
Uh, huh. I don't take your concerns seriously enough to get frustrated by them.
but I will continue to keep trying to reduce my use of HFCS until it can be shown to be no more harmful than cane sugar.
So you will alter your behavior over things you don't understand and can't explain? Doesn't seem rational to me but you do what you want. Get back to me when you can show that fructose and glucose from hydrolyzed sucrose is any different than fructose and glucose from HFCS.
>> No, my suspicions about HFCS are more based on observation and correlation: As we use more and more HFCS in more and more products, we get fatter <<
HFCS consumption increased around 1980!
People being obese increased around 1980!
They HAVE TO BE RELATED
Other things which began to increase c. 1980
Use of the internet
Video games
Microwave Ovens
Pirates
Cable television
Pyrotechnic destruction of disco records
House churches
Cell phone usage
That’s right, folks:
HCFS is responsible for the increase in the usage of cell phones!
My God, reading willfully ignorant illogic like I’ve encountered on this thread in a supposed conservative forum like FR makes me fear for the Republic.