Well, corn syrup is sugar based. High fructose corn syrup is even higher in sugar (fructose, in this case). ALL sugars -- lactose, fructose, dextrose, sucrose, and for all I know redrose -- are converted in the body and used for energy. If you don't need the energy it's stored as fat. (This, I admit, is a very simple explanation of a very complex process.)

This is all okay if you burn the calories. Sit around watching television while eating salted potato chips dipped in honey while drinking beer might possibly perhaps maybe cause you to gain just a wee bit of weight, not to mention whacking a wee bit off your life span.