http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/government-subsidies Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 15 May 2026 21:25:33 -0400 Fri, 15 May 2026 21:25:33 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/314/corn-subsidies-make-me-sick-and-fat By Pedro R. Silva - This policy of subsidizing corn farmers is also potentially bad for our health. Government handouts to corn farmers have driven down the price of corn so far that sugar has been essentially replaced as the means of sweetening our food. Instead, we use high fructose corn syrup, a substance that is much harder for our bodies to break down. The result is that the soda we drink today makes us fatter and more prone to diseases like Diabetes than the same soda made with real sugar. The same goes for any product where “high fructose corn syrup” appears in the list of ingredients (try going... Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:16 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/314/corn-subsidies-make-me-sick-and-fat