We Indians are physically in poor shape due to poor diet (only starch and sugar, no protein), and hereditary characteristics.

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The less money you have in the U.S., the more likely you are to eat processed foods full of starch and sugar.

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First, a source of starch or sugar, which could be an agricultural by-product, is fermented to produce lactic acid the same substance made by the body during exercise, only in this case it comes from the bacteria exercising themselves in the fermentation process.

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He admits that it is not simple to pull the sugars out of non-food material like pulp or wood waste, but says that even factoring in the extraction process, the final cost should be lower than using corn starch or sugar cane, both of which are much higher-priced commodities.

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Profit gained in part on lower costs for sugar, potato starch and palm oil compared with a year earlier.

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On a more philosophical level, I love the traditions of spirit distillation, and the fact that there are usually rules, like that Scotch can only be made from barley, and rum from sugarcane, whereas vodka can be made from any ingredient in which starch can be converted to sugar, be it potatoes, wheat, rye, grass, corn, soy beans or whatever the distiller finds laying around.

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