High-Fructose Corn Syrup - the Controversy

I hardly pick up any news about HFCS. Although I do know this much, I came across it in a book by Jeff Smith, in which he referred to the genetically modified corn being used to produce it, as very unhealthy. Which is ultimately a GMO issue rather than one of sugar metabolism. Politically, there is also, a powerful lobby among US cane sugar producers that keep the prices for sucrose very high (and I think subsidized too) and thereby create the demand for cheap corn syrup to replace refined sugar. Which would also be a reason for the hoopla in spite of there not being major biochemical differences.Edited by CosmicChimp, : clarityEdited by CosmicChimp, : No reason given.