Goliath versus Goliath

Los Angeles courtrooms are busy.  There's the media saturation case against Michael Jackson's doctor and there is one that has potentially some real health implications for Americans and Canadians.  Big sugar is suing big corn for using the term 'corn sugar'.   They contend that this is a tactic to regain market share for   now suspect high-fructose corn syrup.  So I guess the logic is let's just give it another name and consumers will feel better about consuming all that sugar.  Nice work but the American Medical Association and other expert groups say no matter what you call it both sugar-sugar and corn sugar are metabolized by the body in the same way.  So what's the problem, you may ask?  According to Statistics Canada every Canadian consumes the equivalent of 26, yes you read it correctly, 26 teaspoons of sugar each day.  This translates into 21.4 per cent of caloric intake.  While two thirds of it comes from the four food groups, one third is from items such as soft drinks, salad dressings, syrup and candy that provide no nutritional value. Call it what you want but either way isn't there just too much of that sweet stuff in our food?