King Corn - Corn Syrup Commercial Spoof

The Corn Refiners Association, an industry group that represents some of America's leading manufacturers of high-fructose corn syrup, recently launched a $25 million PR campaign to save the good name of their trademark product. The campaign's main claim seems to be that corn syrup is "fine in moderation." But haven't we heard that somewhere before?

Check out this $25 response from Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis, and Ian Cheney, creators of the documentary film KING CORN, and visit www.kingcorn.net or iTunes to see the film that tells the full story on high-fructose corn syrup.

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• Woolf

[hnd4me]

lol love it! hfcs = FAIL.

[master777999]

For some reason I can't really figure out, after seeing that old guy at the end for those 10 seconds, he is now one of my favorite people of all time.

[Pavocado]

I'm convinced. Light me up!

[UncutTuts]

stay away from high fructose corn syrup not good for you at all sugar diabetes is what it causes only regular sugar hfcs will you give it and non alcoholic fatty liver disease

[Gades117]

HAHAAAWAAAWAHAHAAAAA Anyone that tries to defend this crap go to GOOGLE then type in FRUCTOSE CANCER then see what shows up =D

[AWAKEANDPISSED]

for the first time in my life the most crowed area of the grocery store is the fruit and vege department.... PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP.... i love it....

[gsus7125]

Great video.

[fishfoodgeneral]

@harleykman It's not inherently bad because our liver converts it to fat. Our bodies likely have that feature because humans initially didn't have the ample food sources we do today, therefore necessitating the conversion of not immediately usable sugar to fat, allowing for long term energy storage; it's the volume of sugar we consume. I've read conflicting reports (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition) about HFCS. Corn refiners are really just dumping corn via HFCS, courtesy govt. policies.

[harleykman]

@Yuffie3982 Your mother's generation only consumers 1/3rd as much sugar (or hfcs) as our generation does

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[harleykman]

@fishfoodgeneral When you eat fructose, the liver converts it to fat. That's why it is bad. That's why americans are fatter than they've ever been

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So even if you replaced all the High Fructose corn syrup with Sugar, you'd still not solve the problem. Sugar contains fructose

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[fishfoodgeneral]

@harleykman Yes sugar is more expensive in part due to tariffs, no fructose is not a poison. Fructose is form of sugar that can be broken down from various fruits and other sources. It isn't inherently "bad." In certain processed forms, however, it can be harmful, and in certain amounts it can (like sugar) be harmful . I'll also say that it's not just that we've replaced sugar with HFCS, obesity has increased because the volume of sugar in our foods has increased in addition to the replacements.