In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2010-07-03, Goomba > wrote:
>
> > abundance of fresh produce but wayyyyyyy too much Coca-Cola back there.
> > The kids are chunky too. I wonder if that is the reason?
>
> It's starting to look like there's a definite link between overweight
> ppl and HFCS-loaded sodas. In a recent food exposé I watched, a NY
> cabbie claimed he lost 30lbs by merely ceasing the consumption of
> Coke, which he admitted he been virtually addicted to. While I
> haven't really lost any weight, I've found it surprisingly easy to not
> GAIN any weight since I cut sodas from my diet. I'm starting to look
> for HFCS-containing foods and eliminate those, too.

But other countries don't use HFCS to sweeten their sodas. And for
every container of soda I've seen, the sugar content is the same,
whether HFCS or sucrose.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA