"King Corn" Movie Review Part One on Corn

I stayed up late after going to a Crystal bowl concert by David Hickey, the guy is amazing. If he is in you area I highly recommend going to his concert. I really wanted to watch the movie so I sat down with my cup of cleansing tea, part of the gentle spring cleanse I am doing, and watched the show. PBS is great because it is commercial free. Gotta love it. I have watched many shows of food, health care and nutrition such as "The Future of Food", "Super Size Me" and Michael Moor's "Sicko" and was ready to see what this one had to offer. It was different, partially because it was done by a couple of college guy, amateur film makers with an idea and curiosity. The show gave the reality of our food. It wasn't about organic food it was about how the majority of our food is grown and processed. Corn is a huge crop, I had not realized the scope of it until I watched this movie. I knew that it was the main crop for feeding cattle and that it is the largest used sweetener but I guess I just didn't really think about how big that is. Corn is something that I shy away from and recommend that cleints avoid it because it is very difficult to digest and is a top allergy food. I only recommend certified organic corn, preferably sprouted and in moderation. This film reminded my why. Having a visual of all the nasty chemicals that get sprayed on the ground and on the crops made the reality of this crop solid in my mind. Most corn is genetically modified (GMO; genetically modified organism) to resist a specific pesticide. If you were to spray this pesticide on a non-GMO crop the crop would die immediately. Pretty gross to think that we consume corn that is coated with pesticides that kill plants and bugs. The other thing is that the corn tastes awful! It was an entertaining moment in the movie when these newbie farmers tasted their corn. These commodity corn crops are not meant to be eaten off the grill with a bit of butter. They are used for animal feed, ethanol and high fructose corn syrup. The corn doesn't have to taste good or have nutritional value. Commodity corn is all about how fast, cheap and how much corn they can grow. I am going to get into more details of corn over the next few days. This is just part one. I will give you all the info you need to avoid corn products and make your life much healthier. High fructose corn syrup is a massive contributor to the type 2 diabetes epidemic. If you want to watch the movie it is playing in Vancouver at http://www.projectingchange.ca/ You can also go to the King Corn Website http://www.kingcorn.net/