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Corn subsidies are not the problem. Ethanol acts a a negative economic subsidy for corn in the food supply. I don't have an answer to the obesity problem, bu
by jcampbell1 13y ago
Corn subsidies are not the problem. Ethanol acts a a negative economic subsidy for corn in the food supply. I don't have an answer to the obesity problem, but I know blaming everything on corn completely contradicts the evidence. Mexico has a worse obesity problem than the US, but their soft drinks are made from sugar, not HFCS. The ethanol mandate pulled massive amounts of corn products off US shelfs, yet made no difference on obesity.
Michael Pollan may be on the right track with his advocacy, but let's not dumb the debate down to focusing on something there is little evidence for.
- zdean 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_Mexico http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_Mexico I can't say what the cause of the high-salt is, but we have a good idea what might be contributing (at least) to the high sugar/high fat parts of their diet.