And the recent boom in commodity prices, driven by rapid growth in demand from China (along with the diversion of corn and sugar into to alcohol production), largely explains why total support fell from 37 percent of farm income in 1986 to 18 percent in 2010.

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All sugar from table sugar to HFCS (high-fructose corn syrup) to honey contains some mixture of fructose and glucose.

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The large doses of fructose from both sucrose (table sugar) and high fructose corn syrup may be particularly detrimental to your health as they can cause the accumulation of metabolically toxic belly fat, cholesterol abnormalities -- including high triglycerides and reduced levels of HDL (good cholesterol) -- and nonalcoholic associated fatty liver disease.

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It is nonsensical for the deficit-ridden U.S. government to subsidize corn-derived ethanol while imposing punitive tariffs on imports of Brazilian ethanol made from sugar cane.

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