In a related study, apples tend to grow on apple trees and oranges on orange trees, "say scientists".

Before I seriously reduced my HFCS, my a1c had risen to 7.2, easily within the type 2 diabetes category. I quit eating anything that had HFCS and reduced my weight by 20# (I still need to get rid of 30#). My a1c is now at 6.0. Diabetes is gone.

Anecdotal? Yes. But it is what I experienced.

Cyclamate, meet HFCS

It´s grimly ironic that liberals want to control what you eat/order but say nothing about the protectionism, price-fixing, cronyism, corruption and domestic media blackout that has brought us Big Corn and its syrup, to say nothing of the ethanol nonsense.

HFCS was brought about by the government subsidizing of sugar prices which made HFCS a less expensive alternative. Screw with the market and it will screw you

So your chance of getting TypeII diabetes is 6% if your country uses low amounts of HFCS and it skyrockets to 8% if your country uses high amounts of HFCS.
Okay, first, that´s not a huge difference in my book. Apply the same risk difference to any activity and see how worried you feel.
Second, I´m always suspicious where diets are concerned because there are so many factors that can influence the results that truly controlled studies are almost impossible.
Anecdotal stories don´t qualify as scientific proof of anything.

There should be music written to go with Coulter´s "Being conservative is never having to be surprised by headlines."

People who eat more HFCS develop diabetes and WHEN THEY CONTROL THEIR DIET the problem disappears/is alleviated. Focus on that: People who eat more.... and control their diet. My guess is: People who eat more develop diabetes. Control your diet.

All apologies but, in addition to not eating HFCS, wasn´t the a drop in consumption of all kinds related to that loss of 20 pounds ?

This sounds like dietary global warming.

#7, I increased my protein and water consumption and decreased sugary stuff.

And I did not completely cut out all HFCS. Blue Bell lists it at their #5 ingredient in their ice cream, so I can live with that. (Blue Bell does not count as "sugary stuff"!)

But protein (from meat) is bad for you, isn´t it, #8? Or so the vegans say. BTW, didn´t they drop the a1c from 7.2 to 6.something? They are always changing standards so they can report an increase in something or other. Otherwise, there would be no use for some of these "scientists".

Sugar is sugar, no matter which form it takes. Eat too much of it and you will gain weight. The problem with our rising rate of diabetes is obesity, not HFCS.

I guess the Feds need to start a, "Be kind to your Pancreas week" to make the public more aware of the "dangers" of sweets.

Are you saying that HFCS is worse than cane sugar?

Fructose is a naturally occurring sugar found in most fruit. It´s also found in large quantities in honey. The whole argument is STUPID.

But if you want to blame someone for the use of HFCS, blame the Federal Government. They imposed high tariffs on cane sugar that made the stuff too expensive to use. So, during the late 70s and 80s the industry switched to HFCS since it meant a reliable supply and predictable price compared to cane sugar.

So put the blame where it BELONGS! They do it to us everytime!!

Blame "first in the nation" Iowa for this foolishness. HFCS is just as insane as ethanol.

Liberals are genetically unable to see the long term picture about anything. Remember when it was ´we need to use plastic grocery bags to save the trees´. Now 20 years later, they are screaming about what a danger these bags are and how they should be eliminated and replaced with reuseable ones. Problem there is most of these reusable bags have been found to be contaminated with some serious bugs that can make you really sick.

The problem with liberals is they can´t accept that there are consequences for every action. Sugar vs HFCS is just another example.

My father (and my grandfather before him) were chocolate makers. I remember 60 years ago, as a small tyke visiting the factory where they worked (who wouldn´t?). They used HFCS by the barrel - it came in 60 gallon cardboard barrels that had to be handled very carefully.

My point is that this stuff has been around for decades. Maybe its sneaking into more processed/packaged foods than before, but if you stay away from packaged foods and exercise some moderation it shouldn´t be a problem.

I believe the reason Type II Diabetes rates are skyrocketing is because its being diagnosed more. Back in the ´40s and ´50s, and even into the ´70s the only way to diagnose "the sugars" (as it was called) required a 24-hour urine sample or an expensive blood test. Now they give the meters away.

And don´t forget the high fructose corn syrup is made from mostly GMO corn.

How does it feel to have the Roundup Herbicide in your freekin FOOD? You will find out as other problems far worse than diabetes catches up with you! The stuff accumulates, it doesn´t go through you!

Do not confuse HFCS with regular corn sweetener (such as Karo - used in pecan pies).

According to Wikipedia: "HFCS was rapidly introduced to many processed foods and soft drinks in the U.S. from about 1975 to 1985."

So it is pretty recent. Prior to this time soft drinks were sweetened with sucrose (cane or beet sugar). I think that the US is the only country which uses HFCS in soft drinks. Note: if you ever wonder why some stores also carry Coca Cola bottled in Mexico it is because those sodas use sugar - and no HFCS.