Comments on: Are We Really Made of Corn?

By: Food Inc. | Healthy Living

Food Inc. | Healthy Living — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:17:24 +0000

[...] it if you don’t really give much thought to what you eat. Different from the movie King Corn, which I reviewed here, Food Inc. will open your eyes to our entire food growing, processing, and delivery system. Because [...]

By: Sunday Search of the Week 11-01-2009 | Healthy Living

Sunday Search of the Week 11-01-2009 | Healthy Living — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:29:42 +0000

[...] is one of several on the same topic and on a theme that has shown up a few times. I am thinking the movie I reviewed a while back must have received some publicity this week. The search is: “am I made of [...]

By: Bumbles

Bumbles — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:39:54 +0000

Oh very nice review! I too had not heard of this documentary – sounds right up my alley. Do you know that when I began changing my eating habits I read that you can gain 20 pounds or something like that every year just from drinking soda? I used to drink a can of Coke every morning for breakfast (I don’t like coffee or tea) and now I only have one on the weekends. I don’t know how much that helped in my weight loss but I know it didn’t hurt. And I am obviously much less reliant on caffeine.
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By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:36:53 +0000

Looks like a great film. I’d not heard of this, but I’d like to check this out.

And I’m always glad to hear HFCS reported as ebing the culprit for health maladies. I wish that more people knew about this and did something to avoid it.

By: Sunday Search of the Week 02-01-2009 | Healthy Living

Sunday Search of the Week 02-01-2009 | Healthy Living — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:18:01 +0000

[...] movie Are We really Made of Corn? [...]

By: King Corn ~ Trade Show Guru

King Corn ~ Trade Show Guru — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:34:03 +0000

[...] I first heard about King Corn: I read a review of King Corn, Are We Really Made of Corn?, on Will Taft’s most excellent blog Healthy Living. Be sure to read Will’s post for [...]

By: selena

selena — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:52:28 +0000

Funny pictures, and interesting post. As for me, I like corn very much, and i even can imagine my life without boiled corn. selenas last blog post..Google tastes the patients history in electronic form

By: Paunchiness

Paunchiness — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:12:30 +0000

Have you seen the recent TV commercials. The Corn Refiners Association decided to ’show’ high-fructose corn syrup was as safe as sugar. They’re pretty crazy and I don’t think its safe advertising. HFCS Commercials

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:35:12 +0000

hi Will, I got so caught up in your “what is this wildflower” post that I didn’t get a chance to make this comment. I got King Corn from Netflix 2 days ago and watched it that night. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. First, it is just a well-made, interesting, entertaining movie – I keep wondering how a couple of beginners made such a polished film (better than a lot of the Hollywood stuff that I’m sure costs a lot more to make). I think one can also accurately call this a documentary (unlike some other films). These kids really focus on providing the facts and let people form their own opinions. I like that. What I got from this movie is that we grow a lot of corn! Very little of it is eaten as corn. Half feeds cows I think, and combined with confinement feeding has changed the amount of saturated fat in beef from a little over 1 gram to 9 grams (if I remember correctly). A lot of corn goes into HFCS, but 70% of high fructose corn syrup goes into SODA. Since my family doesn’t drink soda and eats beef only once or twice a week, I don’t think we personally are that exposed. I think this is a complicated subject. I question the level and method of government subsidies. A real part of the “problem” though is that people need to decide to eat healthy. I’m not an advocate of cheap bad food, but I don’t know that the government can make people eat healthy, that is, I’m not sure if brocolli was as subsidized if everyone would eat it (thought I would love that). I think many humans are programmed to eat too much and to like fat and sugar (hfcs or cane), and not broccoli. Well, I go on too much. I agree this a a great film. ~ Steve

By: Swubird

Swubird — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:52:39 +0000

Will:

I haven’t seen the film, but I have mixed feelings about using more corn for fuel.

I do believe that corn is chucked full of empty calories like the man said. My own sister lost a lot ton of weight just by eliminating corn syrup from her diet as much as possible. However, I believe that using corn for fuel is a slippery slope. Once we start raising our traditional food/plant products for energy, we’ll soon be on the short end of food supply. After all, you can make energy out of a lot of plant products. It all depends on the BTU’s your looking for. Biodiesel is a good example. You can buy it in specific proportions: 20, 40, 60 80, or 100%.

Happy trails.

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