High-Fructose Corn Syrup

[mousme]

Several of my friends have gone on household-jihad against High-Fructose Corn Syrup.

Can anyone explain to me why this is the new Antichrist? What's the deal, here?

Thanks!

:::Edited to fix a nomenclature malfunction:::

Comments

[merccom.livejournal.com]

they say that your stomach cant actually detect it so if you drink a whole bottle of corn syrup you'll still be hungry because your body isnt able to recognize it even though you just consumed a bajillion calories.

[cpirate.livejournal.com]

I don't know about corn syrup in particular, but this is generally true of liquids. We just didn't evolve with much around in the way of liquids that contain calories, so it's not on our brain's radar screen. High-fructose corn syrup being evil or not, jazzing up your drinks with tons of calories will always be a bad idea.