The tongue is a discerning instrument; in the hands of a traveled soda aficionado, it is capable of leading to insightful truths about agricultural geopolitics. To the drinker who has imbibed foreign sodas, this truth stems from the peculiar, yet incontrovertible fact that American soda is not delicious.
Though some blame this phenomenon on the use of aluminum cans over glass bottles, even the most elegant dress won’t make a homely girl comely. Instead, to the trained tongue, the answer is clear: American soda is sweetened with artificially tasting high fructose corn syrup, while foreign sodas are made with natural cane sugar. FULL ARTICLE
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Max,
I thought your column was very good. It was well written and made some excellent points; and, being relatively new to economics, I learned something. As someone who used to teach, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was written by a high school student.
My only recommendation is that you avoid making comments that draw the reader’s attention away from the main thrust of your argument. As you most likely noticed, your criticism of “American soda” attracted more attention than the point you were actually trying to make. If you had simply praised Jones Soda and indicated a preference for it, I suspect everything would have gone more smoothly.
As for “John Slamm” and his rude comments, he is simply jealous that you are garnering accolades at such a young age. You will run into others like him. Just ignore them.
I look forward to seeing more of your work.
Good luck!
Fortunately for us, the unwinding of the USECONOMY with the deflating of several asset bubbles increases the likelihood of a global depression. This is the best and only means to disbanding the welfare state. Expect sugar and agricultural quotas/subsidies in US to gradually be unwound… Danone and kraft have started advertising hfcs free products could it actually be because international cane sugar is at 9.5 cents a pound!! OH the travesty…
Florida, largest cane producer wanted to ban hfcs in schools. They failed. If they try again they won’t.
THeres a way to profit immensely from the artificial prices prevailing at the moment…
Message me if interested.
-Viraj Shah
I was forwarded a copy of the link to this story and blog, and I found the reading interesting. Not due to the implication of the government regulation in trade policy and the result on consumer price and corporate choice of raw material supply, but more from the total lack of information on the differences in HFCS and other sugars. That is right, HFCS is a sugar. As one writer indicated, High Fructose Corn Syrup is identical to other sugars in the impact on the body. In fact, all sugars break down to glucose molecules once digested and taken into the blood stream. HFCS is a blend of fructose, glucose, and other higher sugars. Fructose is also known as “fruit sugar” since it is naturally produced by fruit as they mature and begin to ripen. Fructose is a sugar made up of two glucose molecules chemically bonded. Sucrose is a three glucose molecule naturally produced in cane and beets, while fructose is naturally produced by bees in the form of honey.
I have always found it interesting that “purists” prefer honey over artificially refined sugars, while the process of producing HFCS is identical to the enzyme process of complex starch reduction to sugars that industry uses to produce HFCS. Just goes to show you that you need to do your own research if you want the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19136981
Fructose: should we worry?
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2008/08/20/4274/the-dangers-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/
The Dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup
Is This Disguised Sugar Affecting Your Diabetes?
Christopher R. Mohr, MS, RD, LDN
Aug 20, 2008
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2009/03/10/6113/link-seen-between-high-fructose-corn-syrup-consumption-and-insulin-resistance/#commentpost
Link Seen Between High Fructose Corn Syrup Consumption and Insulin Resistance
Mar 11, 2009
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