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The federal government isn't afraid of fat, but carbs, most extensively from corn and corn syrup, are a huge industry in the US, and the agriculture industry is
by debacle 11y ago
The federal government isn't afraid of fat, but carbs, most extensively from corn and corn syrup, are a huge industry in the US, and the agriculture industry is a massive lobby. Politicians aren't going to tell you to eat fats not sugars when your sugar addiction is keeping them in office.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jun/11/why-our-food-is-making-us-fat http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jun/11/why-our-food...
- lsllc 11y agoThis. As always with politics, follow the money!
- mapgrep 11y agoThis doesn't make sense. Corn is used much more heavily as feed stock for animals than as a sweetener or dietary carb for humans. Corn growers thus have more invested in encouraging high-fat diets than low-fat diets. About 4.2 billion bushels of U.S. corn per year are used to feed livestock (dairy, beef, hogs, poultry). About 1.4 billion bushels go toward uses including sweeteners like HFCS, as well as toward cereals (and booze). This per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_production_in_the_United_States#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_production_in_the_United_...