HFCS, known more precisely as high fructose corn syrup, is taking hits from sundry parties as being a bad actor in the myriad of junk foods we consume. A push is on for soda makers to switch from HCFS to cane sugar. Doing so is being touted as a health measure. Nothing could be further from the truth. Cane sugar is not one iota healthier than corn syrup. The difference between the two is slight. HFCS is 55% fructose and 45% sucrose. Table sugar is about 50-50. In all of its forms, whatever might be the nomenclature, it is among the least healthy substances you can pour down your gullet.
So, replacing HFCS with cane sugar will not improve the health of the population one iota. In fact it might make it worse since some people will assume they can consume more cane sugar because it's "healthier". Galloping bollocks of course but whatayagonnado?
A similar situation is the current increasingly popular replacement of seed oils with tallow at fast food restaurants. This is actually a tiny step more reasonable than the HFCS imbroglio, but french fries cooked in tallow, which actually is healthier, are still furshlugginer french fries. They are still potatoes which are virtually 100% carbs which won't do your gut or overall health any favors. So a slight gain, but operationally it's pretty much a wash.
I do not expect to live long enough to see the FDA or the medical establishment accept that excessive carb intake is a root cause of a wide variety of medical conditions. Or to admit that grains, vegetables, and fiber are not in the least necessary for good health. Such a huge mental inversion of what is actually a proper human diet is unlikely to occur in the next half dozen decades, if then. The medical, pharmaceutical, and cultural headwinds against such a move are Cat. 5 powerful.
