• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    He’s not wrong, our food in the U.S. sucks, and corn syrup is a big part of it. I hate to agree with someone who’s so far advanced an incredibly anti-science view of health. But, he has a point on this one.

  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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    Those Iowa senators are going to love this shit.

    Iowa farmers: We’re voting Republican because we can’t stand socialism. Also Iowa farmers: Where’s our federal welfare in corn subsidies?

    • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      He’s also pro-psychedelics, which is fantastic. We have decades of research and normalization to catch up on.

      He’s his own brand of crazy. We’re still better off without him by about a trillion percent. Not even close to worth it.

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      Is corn syrup more harmful than other sugar sources? Probably not. But it would be nice to be able to afford food that’s not loaded with it.

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        Yeah people don’t realize that “high fructose” corn syrup used in food products, actually has less fructose than regular sugar. It’s mostly just beverages that are more, and it’s arguable how much that 5% difference actually matters.

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    This crusade vs HFCS is one of the best examples I’ve ever seen of the maxim “Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while”.