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America's food chain has lately produced a bumper crop of scary news, but the worst food-related threat to our health was being caused by U.S. energy policy: Here's how the corn ethanol subsidy was making us fatter, and why to be glad that Congress finally killed it.

When you need to give yourself a whole new image, there's nothing like changing your name. Which may be why high fructose corn syrup, the scourge of dieticians and dieters everywhere, wants to rebrand itself "corn sugar." But there's one big obstacle: the sugar industry, which is going to court to protect its good name.

Soda and processed-food makers insist that all sugars are the same. Yet with studies linking fructose to obesity, diabetes and, most recently, pancreatic cancer, big brands are quietly backing away from using corn-based high-fructose sweetener. Could it eventually become another tobacco-like liability?

Even though my little boys frequently beg for Starbucks' breakfast offerings, buying baked goods at coffee shops and grocery stores has been problematic since I started revamping my family's diet to include higher-quality nutrition with a modest budget.I usually end up baking my own treats, as the...

Everyone agrees on two things: Americans enjoy relatively cheap food prices, and they also have a serious problem with weight. Thank high fructose corn syrup for both of these conditions.On the one hand, the recent discovery that there are trace amounts of mercury in many brands of high fructose...

On Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reported that researchers have found mercury in several samples of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). The cheap sweetener, which is used in foods ranging from pickles to jellies to sodas, has long been under attack for contributing to America's obesity epidemic. Now,...

I love to eat, but I hate to eat poison. As obvious as that statement may be, it has completely changed my life over the last few years. Because of it, I have found myself obsessively reading labels, researching bizarre ingredients, and generally transforming food shopping into a hellish odyssey of...

It's funny how the notion of "eating well" seems to constantly change. When I was a kid, it meant only eating out at McDonald's once or twice a month, only adding two or three packets of sugar to a glass of Coke, and trying to limit our fish stick consumption to three meals per week. Three years...