Originally Posted by 'nother

It makes you wonder, but if you actually read the studies, they are talking about overconsumption. If they were to ban HFCS food manufacturers were forced to replace it with "traditional" sweeteners such as plain sugar, we'd be 'wondering' about that, too.

No study has actually said HFCS is a direct cause of obesity. They say, "trends in HFCS consumption track with increased obesity". Anyone who's had a lick of science or statistics knows that correlation is not causation and it's intellectually dishonest to suggest that it is. You might as well say that computers cause obesity . . . use and consumption of computers is up in the past 30 years, and obesity is up in the past 30 years, hey a lot of people use computers, computers must cause obesity! Pure crap.

There was a study just published the other day that "concluded" that high school kids lost weight when they replaced regular soft drinks with zero calorie soft drinks. Wow! What a @!#$%ing revelation! Sugary soft drinks must be bad!!! Well, they're not. They're not good either, but the actual conclusion that should have been reached is . . . . drumroll please . . . if you reduce caloric intake you will lose weight.