Bad Ban?
I’m wondering if all the people on Facebook who have recently “fanned” the ban on high fructose corn syrup really believe it should be banned. This seems to me to be quite similar to saying “let’s ban cigarettes” or “let’s ban McDonalds”. While I agree HFCS is not good for people and I personally avoid foods that include it, I do so as an educated consumer who made a conscious decision that is part of a larger effort to improve my health. Banning HFCS (or anything else) isn’t going to solve anything. Educating people might. And if that’s what this particular little fangroup is all about, then hooray. Banning things because their bad for you is at best ineffective and at worst a slippery slope. And it won’t really change the way people eat. Isn’t that really the heart of the problem?