HFCS gets demonized because it's very cheap due to government subsidy. The obesity epidemic was already underway when (for example) Coke switched, but the switc

HFCS gets demonized because it's very cheap due to government subsidy. The obesity epidemic was already underway when (for example) Coke switched, but the switch helped keep prices of sweets low and fueled it further than it otherwise may have gone.