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In reply to the discussion: Modern wheat a "perfect, chronic poison," doctor says [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)and did some weight loss when I switched to a different type of anti-depressant.
My father and mother were heavy, and I was pretty thin until my late 20s. Then again, I lived my childhood years in towns where it was possible to reach most destinations by walking, and actually had sidewalks to make it possible. I now live in a place where it would be highly dangerous to walk to work or the grocery store.
A New Zealand study traced the spread of HFCS east as coinciding with obesity in India, China and Japan. Europe still uses beet and imported cane sugar in its food and soft drinks do to the high cost of growing corn, and has lower rates of obesity. But, it could still be something else. The only research I have seen has been outside the U.S.