On 7/28/06, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> I've been toying with one idea that might help Cubans. Americans are
> getting anxious about obesity. The rise of obesity here coincided
> with the rise of high fructose corn syrup. We do a campaign against
> corn syrup, hammering on that (as well as lack of exercise).
> Manufacturers would then have to turn to sugar. Sugar prices rise.
> Cubans get happy. :->
why is high-fructose corn syrup more fattening than regular old sugar?
Corn syrup is cheaper than sugar, so manufacturers can use more in the
same portion or increase the portion easily without adding to costs,
both of which would be fattening, or so I've been told.
BTW, there's a great way for USians to lose weight: volunteer to chop
sugar in Cuba, the way the Venceremos Brigade (including my sister)
did in the 1960s.
Or make the wars in the Middle East bigger and raise oil prices, so
food prices will go up and we'll eat less, and we'll all have to walk
more because we won't be able to afford gas! What's the name of this
diet and exercise plan?
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Yoshie
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