You want to fight obesity, try banning HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) [View all]

[NightWatcher]

and especially the stuff that comes from genetically modified corn crops.

Its in everything these days in lieu of sugar. The bad thing it when your body takes in real sugar it says, "yummy, sugar, that was satisfying". When your body takes in fructose it cant process it quick enough and therefore turns it in to fatty triglycerides and says "hey, I could really go for some glucose (sugar)"

You want to ban something, start regulating HFCS. It tastes sweet to the tongue, is cheaper than sugar to make, but turns immediately to fat in the body's system.

Or maybe we could educate people so that they could make informed decisions and not have to criminalize everything that some deem "bad". I'd prefer a Teacher State to a Nanny State anyway.

(steps off of soapbox)