On Apr 6, 2010, at 10:49 AM, steve harley wrote:

> MICHAEL POLLAN: I wish. And now there are all these products that
> have been reformulated with real sugar, as if thatÂ’s health food. So
> thereÂ’s an implicit health claim suddenly on sugar that was created
> by the critique of high-fructose corn syrup. So, you see, theyÂ’re
> much smarter than I am or any of the critics are.

I love what Pollan writes but in the interest of open discussion,
neither sugar (sucrose) nor HFCS is "good" for us humans:

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/

http://www.westonaprice.org/The-Double-Danger-of-High-Fructose-Corn-Syrup.html

http://www.sweetsurprise.com/myths-and-facts/faqs-high-fructose-corn-syrup/obesity

http://www.sweetsurprise.com/myths-and-facts/faqs-high-fructose-corn-syrup/HFCS-sugar

http://www.noweightgaincookbooks.com/worse_than_sugar.htm

Definitive information on whether HFCS is worse than cane sugar
doesn't appear to be available quite yet.

The processed food industry and corn lobby are working hard to offset
anything negative about their products.
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