Monday, September 14, 2015

Sucrose = Fructose

Guess what? The high-fructose corn syrup furor was yet another trumped-up diet hysteria. Sugar, in any form, isn't good for you, especially in excess. But it's been proven that high fructose corn syrup's no worse.

See: Consumption of Honey, Sucrose, and High-Fructose Corn Syrup Produces Similar Metabolic Effects in Glucose-Tolerant and -Intolerant Individuals

1 comment:

  1. First peer reviewed source I've seen you link to. I find it most interesting that honey is as bad as HFCS. One note fiber seems to help. This is why "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" yet HFCS isn't recommended.


    http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2013/06/26/ajcn.113.067629.abstract
    http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/78/5/920.short
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14525683

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