KING CORN

“King Corn” is the name of a documentary about corn, which can now be found for free on the Internet. I highly, highly, highly recommend this video.

The video begins by discussing how the two young filmmakers discovered, through hair analysis, that most of the carbon in their bodies is made from corn. Beef is corn-fed, chicken is corn-fed, and lamb is often corn-fed. We consume many foods made from corn starch, corn syrup, hydrolyzed corn protein, and other corn products.

Corn is one of America’s favorite crops. It is in nearly everything. When you plant corn in the United States, you need to pay the U.S. government a certain amount of money. For some reason, if you do not make payments to the government, you do not make as much money. The U.S. government actually pays people to grow corn. The more corn you grow, the more the government pays you to grow it.

The majority of corn is genetically modified to withstand the effects of Liberty Weed Killer, a toxic pesticide that kills nearby weeds. The corn is genetically altered so that the weed killer kills the weeds but not the corn.

Most of the corn grown in Iowa cannot be eaten. It is used to feed animals and for processing into products like cornmeal, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), etc. It tastes disgusting. The farmers who grow corn cannot even eat the corn they grow.

From a single acre, 10,000 pounds of corn can be grown. Of that, 5,500 pounds are turned into cornmeal to feed animals. A large portion of the corn is processed into HFCS, which is used in soft drinks like Coca-Cola and Hansen’s “All-Natural” Mandarin Orange Drinks (and other flavors). Corn-fed beef kills the animals it is given to because it is so toxic. It causes the cattle to swell up in a diseased state, and they are slaughtered shortly after. The more the animal swells, the more money is made because cattle are sold by weight. The cattle are fed corn for only 130 to 140 days before being sent off to slaughter. Of course, the more corn grown and cattle slaughtered, the more money is made. Cattle farms grow corn on as many as 7,000 acres of land to increase profitability.

Cattle now spend far more of their lives in feedlots, where they are confined and cannot move. Because they cannot move, are confined to small spaces, and eat corn, they become diseased.

To make high fructose corn syrup, you need the following ingredients:

• Sulfuric Acid
• Water (heated to 140 degrees)
• Corn
• Alpha-amylase
• Gluco-amylase
• Glucose Isomerase

Before 1970, nobody ate anything with HFCS in it because it was too expensive to make. But things changed quickly in the early 1970s. HFCS has all sorts of effects. It stimulates the same centers of the brain that are stimulated by sex, intense exercise, cocaine, Ritalin, wheat, dairy, LSD, and a variety of addictive chemicals. It causes damage to the brain and is extremely dangerous.

Corn is one of the most common allergens. The corn used today is a very poor quality food—if you would even call it that. In fact, it is not food at all. It has no nutritional value; it only has adverse effects on your metabolic system and adds calories to your diet. Ninety percent of the cheap corn is used to sweeten beverages. Iowa produces enough HFCS to supply the entire United States. The negative effects of HFCS have been compared to mercury, vaccinations, sugar, cocaine, LSD, arsenic, lead, and various recreational drugs. HFCS is directly linked to diabetes, obesity, adverse metabolic effects, dysinsulinism, insulin resistance, and more. One in eight people in New York has diabetes. Diabetes and obesity are on the rise and are strongly linked to diet and exercise habits. Drinking one soda per day nearly doubles the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a nasty disease. Diabetes is a nasty disease.

People often don’t think about what they are putting into their bodies. They are manipulated by powerful advertising from large corporations and their marketing. McDonald’s meals are made almost entirely from corn. The french fries are made from corn, the beef is grown with corn, and the oil the fries are cooked in is often corn oil. Fast food is often directly linked to corn.

Farmers are saying, “We are not growing quality, we are growing crap. We are not growing it to eat it, we are growing it to sell it.” The money that some of the smaller growers make is dependent on subsidies from the government. Without subsidies, many farmers would lose money from overproducing cheap corn.

Unhealthy and cheap food is being subsidized. People are eating cheaper, lower-quality food, and they are getting sicker and sicker. This is well known now, but it wasn’t widely known before the 1970s when this trend began (mainly referring to corn). In the past, there were subsidized programs where farmers were paid not to produce certain crops.

In the time of our great-grandparents, people spent a far greater percentage of their income on food. The food was much higher quality. America has completely changed since those days, as has farming. Farming used to be a family operation, but now it is a commercial operation.