This comment was posted today and I thought I would reply to it in a post in case others were interested:

Just came across your blog and i am curious, why no HFCS? I think everything in moderation is ok but why did you choose to give it up?

A: I actually fully agree with the “everything in moderation” approach to life.  I may not give up HFCS forever, but I wanted to challenge myself to see how removing this item from diet for 30-days would affect me.

I am half-way thru this challenge and so far I have found the removal of HFCS to have very little impact on my diet and lifestyle.  I have stopped eating out for lunch regularly because I am more cautious about eating items with ingredients I am unsure of.  Other than that though – I did not find a substantial number of products in our home with HFCS in them.  Nor do I tend to eat processed foods with any frequency.  Nor do I drink sodas.  By simply not including most processed foods and sodas in my lifestyle, my exposure to HFCS is automatically lowered.

So to be sure I fully answer your question – I am removing it for now as an experiment.  In the longterm I will most likely continue limiting my exposure to it because I believe its affect on human health is quite negative.  Moderation is the key and healthy choices when possible.

I hope that answers your question – but if not please let me know.  And thanks for your comment!