I’ve never been a fan of high fructose corn syrup. It promotes weight gain, contributing to obesity. It’s easily found in cheap junk foods that aren’t very healthy – with the sugary taste masking the non-flavors of food that have been so thoroughly processed that a strawberry doesn’t even taste like a strawberry any more. And many people believe that this substance create mood swings – from depression to anxiety – as it affects the brain.
Now there’s new evidence that high fructose corn syrup is contaminated with mercury. Deadly mercury. See this story from U.S. News and World Report here.
