Sugar consumption has skyrocketed in America over the past three decades along with obesity and related illnesses. Many Americans recognize this correlation and have switched to artificial sweeteners only to find themselves becoming even more obese and sick with medical problems unrelated to being obese. The truth is sugar and fake sugars are both unhealthy but the fake sugars, like aspartame, saccharin, sucralose, cyclamate, and acesulfame potassium, are potentially deadly and should be avoided at all cost. (see article "Boycott Aspartame")

Candy is a major source of sugar in our diets along with soft drinks, cookies, cakes, cereals, fruit juices, and ice creams. Candy is almost pure sugar and is usually combined with artificial flavors and colors. The sugar in candy has been linked to obesity, but these flavorings and food colorings are potential sources of carcinogens.

The candy market is dominated by a few large corporations and these corporate giants are the targets of this boycott. Following are the companies and products that should be boycotted by all Americans for both health reasons and the political cause of taking back our government from corporate America:

• Boycott all Mars' products - Dove Chocolate, M&M's, Milky Way, Skittles, Snickers, 3 Musketeers, Twix, Starburst, Mars Bar, Mars Delight, etc.

• Boycott all Hershey's products - Hershey's bars, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, Take 5, Reese's, Kisses, Cacao Reserve, KitKat, Hershey's Syrup, York Peppermint Pattie, Almond Joy, Peter Paul Mounds, Jolly Rancher, etc.

• Boycott all Altria products -  Food (Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Del Monte, Triscuits, Wheat Thins, Boca Burger, Chips Ahoy!, Crystal Light, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Kraft Foods, Miracle Whip, Nabisco cookies crackers and snacks, Oreo cookies, Oscar Mayer meats and lunch products, Post Cereals, Philadelphia cream cheese, Shake 'n' Bake, Tang, Tombstone pizza, Toblerone, Vegemite, Lenders Bagels,  etc.) Beverage (Miller Beer, Henry Weinhard's, Icehouse, Leinenkugel's, Mickey's, Olde English, SKYY, Gevalia coffee, Jacobs coffee, Kaffee HAG, Maxwell House, Milka, Onko, Suchard cocoa, Tang, etc.) Tobacco (Philip Morris, Parliament, Virginia Slims, Benson & Hedges, Alpine, Basic, Best, Bristol, Bucks, Cambridge, Chesterfield, Classic, Collector's Choice, English Ovals, Lark, L&M, Marlboro, Merit, Players, Saratoga, etc.)

• Boycott all Nestles products - Alpo, Baby Ruth, Beneful, Bit-O-Honey, Bottle Caps, Butterfinger, Cat Chow, Chunky, Caffee-Mate, Croissant Pockets, Dog Chow, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Gobstoppers, Goobers, Hi Pro, Hot Pockets, Kibbles, Lean Cuisine, Mighty Dog, Moist & Meaty, Nerds, Nescafe, Nestea, Carnation, Toll House, Oh Henry, Ortega, Pixy Stix, Powerbar, Pro Plan, Purina, Raisinets, Runts, Sno-caps, Spree, Stouffers, Sweetarts, Taste's Choice, Tender Vittles, Tidy Cats, Wonda, 100 Grand, etc.

• Boycott all General Mills products - Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Green Giant, Haagen-Dazs, Hamburger Helper, Jeno's Pizza, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Progresso, Totino's Pizza, Yoplait yogurt, Colombo yogurt, Bugles, Chex Mix, Gold Medal Flour, Nature Valley Granola Bars, Fruit Roll-Ups, Pop Secret popcorn, Cheerios, Boo Berry, Chex, Cocoa Puffs, Count Chocula, Franken Berry, Toast Crunch, Golden Grahams, Honey Nut Cheerios, Kix, Lucky Charms, Raisin Nut Bran, Reese's Puffs, Total cereal, Trix cereal, Wheaties, Fiber One, etc.

• Boycott all Unilever products - Ben and Jerry's, Breyers, Bertolli, Hellmann's, Imperial, Knorr, Lawry's, Lipton, Colman's, Country Crock, All, Axe, Brut, Dove, Caress, Lever 2000, Lux, Pepsodent, Close-Up, Degree, Comfort, Persil, Pond's, Q-Tips, Signal, Skip, Suave, Sun, Sure, Surf, Vaseline, Wisk, Popsicle, Fudgsicle, Ragu, Skippy, Slim-Fast, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, etc.

• Boycott all Coca-Cola, Pepsico, and Dr. Pepper products - Frito Lay, Tropicana, Quaker Oats, Gaterade, Minute Made, Hi-C, Sprite, Coca-cola, Pibb, Tab, Fanta, Fresca, Vault, Lift, Full Throtle, Burn, Powerade, Aqua+, Aquarius, Enviga, Dasani, Wilkins, Kiwi Blue, Godiva, A&W Root Beer, Cactus Cooler, Canada Dry, Country Time, Deja Blue, Diet Rite, Hawaiian Punch, IBC Root Beer, Mott's, Nehi, Orange Crush, Raging Cow, Red Fusion, Schweppes, 7Up, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Squirt, Stewart's, Sunkist, Sunny Delight, Welch's, Yoo-hoo, etc.

• Also avoid consuming all the following food categories as part of your boycott: chocolates, licorice, taffies, marshmallows, lollipops, cotton candy, caramels, chewing gums, jelly beans, candy bars, toffee, fudge, pralines, candy canes, cakes, cookies, soft drinks, cereals, and gummi bears. If you do eat any sweets make sure to moderate your consumption to very small amounts on infrequent occasions, and completely avoid all fake sugar products at all cost.