Pitiful as it may seem, I too find myself gazing at the box Tuesday nights to the inadequate entertainments of Boston Legal. This inane soap opera continues to surprise me as we follow the ridicules exploits of the unlikely partners and associates of this fictitious Boston law firm.

It isn't the characters, nor the story lines that amuse, but rather the writer's persistence to build relevant facts into the otherwise preposterous legal arguments. One such instance, and the first time that this ingredient came under my scrutiny, was about an overweight flunky suing a food manufacturer over his addiction to high fructose corn syrup.

What is the deal with this high fructose corn syrup? You can't buy a donut, a loaf of bread, or a can of anything without finding, along with all the other unnecessary sugars, an unhealthy serving of this crap in it.

I'm no zen, vegan, must-be-organic health nut, but give me a break, there has to be something else going on here. And by here I mean in the United States, because you don't find this unnatural ingredient in everything, in other parts of the world.

Is it possible that the interests of a somewhat minor lobby group out weight the health concerns for an entire nation, or is there a conspiracy to keep America fat, unhealthy and in need of expensive medications.

So America what are you going to do about it – boycott foods containing high fructose corn syrup, or just suck it up?

The truth about High Fructose Corn Syrup:
www.westonaprice.org
www.sfgate.com
www.washingtonpost.com
www.mayoclinic.com

What the Corn Refiners Association have to say:
www.hfcsfacts.com