fat americans
americans are fat and lazy and it's all fidel castro's fault. he took over cuba in 1958. this was really good for cubans and really bad for americans. he taught people to read and seized the assets of large american corporations. which pissed off the folks in charge enough to try to kill him a half dozen times and end trade with his country. so now we have no cane sugar. we can make sweeteners from home grown corn. but it's expensive. so now we have farm subsidies. apparently paying taxes is better than paying fair market value for consumables. anyway, corn syrup is much more soluble than cane sugar. it's perfect for sodas and fruit juices. cane sugar is glucose which your body metabolizes into instant energy. that familiar sugar rush. corn syrup is fructose which your body prefers to metabolize into fat. and here we are.