Somewhat, dieting.
I seem to be dieting in a sense as of late.
I’m avoiding sodas most of the time, simply because of the high fructose corn syrup. It seems to leave some sort of awkward aftertaste in your mouth when you drink, and you end up drinking more of something to try to keep the aftertaste away.
When I did a little shopping on Sunday to have things to eat this week, between work and home, I was checking labels to see what all had high fructose corn syrup in it. I was annoyed to find that the bagels and most bread products that you see in the freezer section generally have HFCS in them.
(Before it starts, know now that I don’t care what they say at HFCSFacts, because I don’t believe them, frankly.)
I’d like to find more products that lack the high fructose corn syrup, simply because they taste much better (most of them lack that excessive sweetness that bothers me as of late), and are more fulfilling overall. I have slowly weaned myself off the massive amounts of soda I used to drink, in favor of teas sweetened with sugar or honey, sodas sweetened with things other than HFCS (eg: Ramune), or just drinking water. I’m also weaning myself off [tag]Gatorade[/tag] and [tag]Powerade[/tag], because the bottled versions contain [tag]HFCS[/tag], and the powder unfortunately hoses my stomach if I drink more than a quart of it per day at normal strength.
I hear that [tag]Jones Soda[/tag]’s gone with the [tag]Pure Cane Sugar[/tag] flow, so I should pick some up. In the meantime, I’m going over to the Oceanic Supermarket to get some Ramune (which I used to wean myself off the 64 ounce sodas). 
Frankly, since that HFCS Facts is put up by the Corn Refiners Association, of course it’s not going to tell the real dangers of HFCS anymore than the tobacco companies were willing to do at first.
I gave a speech in one of my speech classes about HFCS and put a whole table full of products on the table in front of me…some known to be unhealthy (soda, sweetened cereal) and some thought o be healthy (commercial whole grain bread, yogurt, granola bars) and they ALL contained HFCS.
In addition to the nasty aftertaste, it’s also a great contributor to the high obesity rates and other health problems Americans have experienced in the last 30 years since HFCS was introduced. Here’s an article with further information:
http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/highfructose.html
I really wish we’d get this stuff out of diets for good. If it has to be genetically engineered to be made, it can’t be good for your body. Maybe we’d have a lot less kids on drugs for Attention Deficit Disorders and the like.
I’m glad you’re trying to clean it out of your diet.