HMF has been linked to DNA damage in humans. When HMF breaks down in the human body, it breaks down into substances that may be even more harmful than the HMF itself.
High Fructose Corn Syrup Health Dangers Include:
Diabetes.
Metabolic syndrome.
Damage to your immune system.
Speed-up aging process.
Mercury poisons.
Since HFCS is in virtually everything today that is packaged and processed you really have to become a label reader and check everything you buy.
Source(s):
http://www.kaystreich.com/files/High_Fructose.pdf
http://livingtraditionally.com/high-fructose-corn-syrup-renamed-now-marketed-natural-sweetener/