America's corn addiction A USDA report says the U.S. will grow plenty of corn in 2012, but use and growing methods mean prices are high. By Sarah Laskow. Published August 16, 2012 7:42PM (EDT) ...

In Illinois, 80% of the state’s farmland is used to grow corn and soybeans, but depending on those two crops comes with a ...

Corn covers 125,000 square miles of America — about the size of New Mexico — and fattens 100 million beef cattle and at least that many bipeds. Corn, together with pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, ...

New research shows that high-fructose corn syrup can cause behavioral reactions in rats similar to those produced by drugs of abuse such as cocaine. These results suggest food addiction could ...

BILL: Dave, we’ve written before in this column about how soda and sugar are contributing to the child obesity epidemic. DR. DAVE: Bill, you’re talking about one of the newest addiction… ...

This was supposed to be a cakewalk, a no-brainer, a slam-dunk.Ethanol from corn lessened our dependence on foreign oil, they told us. It helped our struggling Midwestern farmers. It ...

WASHINGTON – New research reportedly shows that high fructose corn syrup can trigger behavior similar to the actions accompanying a drug habit. Research by Dr. Francesco Leri, an neuroscience ...

Corn does have a significant amount of carbohydrates, which can be a problem for people with diabetes. It has a glycemic index of 55, which is still considered low.