The Truth About HFCS

Has anyone else noticed that there have been a lot of commercials from the Corn Refiners Association promoting high fructose corn syrup? There are many facts said in the commercial that are true, but they are ignoring a major fact in the commercial.
Sugar, if anyone has done research recently or remembers from any nutrition or science classes, is half fructose and half glucose. All sweeteners (including honey) are very similiar. For all sugars and sweeteners, one ounce contains about 5 calories. Here's why some things (like diet sodas) still retain the sweet taste without all the calories: Every sweetener has a different extent as to how sweet it is. Diet soda has calories by the way, they just have so few calories that they are not required by law to tell you how many they have.
People are advertising corn syrup as "natural," but if you pay any attention to the food world "natural" has no real meaning with the FDA. Albeit, high fructose corn syrup is not as dangerous as other sweeteners, it's not exactly natural.
The website the commercial tells you about even tells you many of the items that corn syrup is used in. I also watched a tv show that shows a scientist/food person who talks about how it's easy to find the right product to fit something. High fructose corn syrup adds the sweetness, helps things last longer, and adds a certain color to foods that people often enjoy.
But does anyone remember that pyramid that had all the food groups from school? It used to have breads on the bottom, topped with fruits and veggies, then meats and dairy, and topped with sugars and oils. Now, the basis of this triangle was to show how much food we really need (more grains less meats and cheeses). Does anyone remember the words they used for sugars and oils? It used to break my heart as a child, so I definitely remember it: "Sparse."
So, if we are to treat high fructose corn syrup like we do sugar: We would really need to read all the ingredients on our foods to see if it contains this or any other sweetener; if it does, we should avoid it. We should also avoid it in drinks (this takes away my beloved soda). We should just start assuming that it's in all foods we are going to buy and start cooking more at home to make it honestly "sparse."
There's my rant for the day. I'll have another soon. Sorry if I repeated this information, but it's been a while since I've been on here.