| New York Times Article Reviews The Science - High Fructose Corn Syrup Myths Debunked |
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A July 2, 2006 article by Melanie Warner in The New York Times provides a science-based approach to high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and its proper context in the obesity debate. Dr. Walter Willett, Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Department Chairman, is quoted in The New York Times article saying, “There's no substantial evidence to support the idea that high-fructose corn syrup is somehow responsible for obesity.” Dr. Willett further adds, “If there was no high-fructose corn syrup, I don't think we would see a change in anything important. I think there's this overreaction.” Even one of the authors of a 2004 commentary published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that first suggested a unique link between high fructose corn syrup and obesity has conceded that the evidence to convict high fructose corn syrup is lacking. Dr. Barry M. Popkin, Department of Nutrition professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill told The New York Times, “It was a theory meant to spur science, but it's quite possible that it may be found out not to be true.” He continued, “I don't think there should be a perception that high-fructose corn syrup has caused obesity until we know more.” 
You can read the full New York Times article by clicking here. Other experts agree that high fructose corn syrup has been singled out inappropriately in the obesity debate. Read what the experts are saying about high fructose corn syrup by clicking here. Review the top published myths about high fructose corn syrup by clicking here. |