Like the air we breathe High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is
seemingly all around us. According to the Melanie Warner of The
New York Times even unlikely foods like yogurt and salad
dressing contain “the Devil’s Candy.” Most people contend HFCS
has helped spawn the current obesity epidemic, but others don’t
see such a connection. Take Dr. Walter Willet for example:
"There's no substantial evidence to support the idea that high-
fructose corn syrup is somehow responsible for obesity," said
Dr. Walter Willett, the chairman of the nutrition department of
the Harvard School of Public Health and a prominent proponent of
healthy diets. "If there was no high-fructose corn syrup, I
don't think we would see a change in anything important. I think
there's this overreaction." Dr. Willett says that he is not
defending high-fructose corn syrup as a healthy ingredient, but
that he simply thinks that the product is no worse than the
refined white sugar it replaces, since both offer easily
consumed calories with no nutrients in