Geeky Science Rocks! "Is High Fructose Corn Syrup Killing Us?"

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[oipunkguy]

Imagine a world where the FDA actually are there to protect the people instead of corporations. High fructose corn syrup would be banned nationwide in the US.

[TreeClimbingMan]

Hey man I am spreading this word every day! I lost 30 pounds by avoiding HFCS>

[whpriol1]

The best diet plan in the world is cutting out sugar. Give it a shot for all you chubbies wanting to slim down. It worked for me.

[Topazman12]

The truth. No wonder why 1 of my friend eat so much.

[superluser]

For the record, garden-variety sugar isn't glucose. If you want pure glucose, try non-HF corn syrup, which is up to 98% glucose. Table sugar is a disaccharide of 50% glucose, 50% fructose. HFCS is a slurry of monosaccharides at 55% fructose, 45% glucose. It is possible the 5% difference or the chemical change make a difference. I don't think the science is in yet.

That said, HFCS costs much less than table sugar, so it's far easier to take in too much sweetener, which will make you fatter.

[jrnesbit]

@justicenow999 most pasta is made from fructose corn syrup LOL- and if it isn't.. and it isn't whole grain its made from processed wheat starch

[jdhatl]

Sugar and HFCS are both equally bad, when they are consumed without fiber (mercury issues aside). Drink water!

[utjaye]

There is a difference between sucrose and HFCS:

HFCS is very highly processed, with similar amounts of unbound fructose and glucose whereas sucrose is a larger sugar molecule that metabolizes into glucose and fructose during digestion.

Glucose in sugars are converted to blood glucose, the 145 pounds of HFCS Americans eat metabolizes to triglycerides and adipose tissues - NOT blood glucose.

[justicenow999]

Sucrose (also known as cane sugar) is 50 percent fructose. Not much different than HFCS. So really, if fructose is so bad, we should avoid sugar in general. Eat complex carbohydrates (pasta, potatoes, ...) and lay off the crappy food.