would still be bad for us.Uh-oh...rebranding of HFCS...you decide.
"But perhaps the public will forget all about the health ills associated with the stuff when it's called by its benign new name: "Corn Sugar"...Perhaps, with a name change, Americans will happily get back to the business of gobbling up the sugar substitute and supporting the pillar of the heavily subsidized corn industry with renewed vigor." Treehugger.com
Fructose and Health Problems
"Studies on fructose have helped give HFCS a bad name. Your body doesn't metabolize fructose and glucose the same way. The liver tends to turn fructose into fats, while the muscles burn glucose for fuel. Scientific studies support the idea that the fructose in sugars (of any kind, not only HFCS) contributes more than glucose does to abdominal fat, raises triglycerides (blood fats) and makes the body less responsive to insulin, wrote University of California researchers in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition." Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/132386-high-fructose-corn-syrup-vs-cane-sugar/#ixzz10g9TQT2Z
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These posts always peak my interest because it sparks a desire in me to find some truth on the subject. Obviously, if you listen to the "advertisers" that is most likely not going to happen. So, I tend to dig around and see what I can find, based on SCIENCE.
What I did find is enlightening. HFCS does consist almost entirely of glucose and fructose (which have the same molecular formula, C6H12O6, but the atoms in the molecules are not arranged in the same structure, hence they are different), but not a single molecule of sucrose, sugar is 100% sucrose(C12H22O11)! It is true that you can add a water molecule to sucrose and split it yielding a glucose and fructose molecule-but that is NOT the same as saying HFCS and sugar contain the same sweeteners!!
It is also deceptive to imply that HFCS is natural, because it is not. It is produced by chemically or enzymatically breaking down cornstarch into glucose. Then another enzyme is added to convert the glucose to fructose. HFCS JUST DOES NOT EXIST IN NATURE!!
Thanks MD for yielding another article that sheds light on the misconceptions and half-truths supplied by our friendly producers of HFCS!!
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