-
And so what happens then is when the yields rise,
-
again Pollan is being quoted here,
-
the market gets flooded with grain and its price collapses.
-
As a result there's a surfeit of cheap calories,
-
a clever market sooner or later
-
will figure out a way to induce us to consume.
-
An example of one consequence of this is
-
the production of high fructose corn syrup.
-
As you know, high fructose corn syrup is in a great number of foods.
-
It has certain physical properties that make it attractive to
-
the food industry, and you can see those listed here
-
and it's a very inexpensive high potency sweetener.