Eating a diet that does not have enough healthy vegetables and fruits causes a lot of health problems.  And, while unhealthy foods are often cheap to buy, they can be expensive to our health over the long run.

Did you know that Americans ate next to no high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) before 1970? Today, the average American eats 60 pounds of HFCS a year. That is a big change in only four decades for a product where we are still unsure of the long-term health effects.

Some important facts about sugar:

Lately, there has been a lot of talk about the health effects of having large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in our food. Even the first lady, Michelle Obama, has said she will not give her children products made with high fructose corn syrup.

Here are some important facts you should know about corn and sugar:

Chris Daly has worked in some of the finest kitchens in New York, Los Angeles and Paris during his 20 years in the restaurant hospitality business.  However, it wasn't until after he left the city to work in Europe and California that he first got the idea to create Hip4Kids, a New York-based non-profit organizatio