Sugar by any other Name

Maybe she missed the memo. Maybe her internet has been down. Whatever the reason, New York Assembly woman Barbara Clark is working to introduce legislation that would ban products that contain high fructose corn syrup in either restaurants or retail stores. Any violators could face possible criminal charges along with large fines. Granted, this is aimed at the state of New York, but if it does manage to pass it could very possibly have the domino effect, giving rise to similar legislation in the other forty-nine states. Not all that long ago key players in all the high fructose demonization hype admitted there is no difference between regular table sugar and high fructose corn syrup. Even the college professor Barry Popkin who originally claimed a direct connection between obesity and HFCS recently agreed the two are basically no different. So why the continued efforts to ban high fructose corn syrup? Perhaps Clark refuses to believe the current reports, or maybe she's one of those people with a compelling need to control others, or it could be as simple as she craves the attention and has nothing better to do. Quick, someone get that woman a legitimate cause.