Better Food through Advertising

If advertising or research is funded by the producer of a potentially dangerous item, it should probably be regarded with increased suspicion. Witness Corn Product International’s High-Fructose Corn Syrup advertising campaign: whereas refined sugar and HFCS have been implicated in the rise of obesity and diabetes in developed countries, the adverts visually imply that HFCS is as healthy as corn. Sure, help yourself to another ear of corn, but avoid the thousands of processed foods containing the stuff.


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