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My point is this: if our takeaway from this is “replace the HFCS in our food with honey/agave nectar/table sugar”, we won’t actually solve the problem of reduci
by fiddlerwoaroof 5y ago
My point is this: if our takeaway from this is “replace the HFCS in our food with honey/agave nectar/table sugar”, we won’t actually solve the problem of reducing fructose consumption. What has to happen is a general reduction of the total amount of added sugars. Whether this means just using less HFCS or using less of an alternate sugar source is relatively unimportant.
- hack-news 5y agoUnrefined foods have qualities that make you slow down on eating. Fiber is one of these, which honey doesn't have, but I'd imagine there might be something else in there... all I know is that moderately-active people can eat as much fruit as they want alongside whatever their protein source is.
- caeril 5y agoMarket forces would solve that problem very quickly, considering that HFCS costs $0.26 per pound, versus cheap clover honey at ~$5.00 per pound. A corn syrup free world would drive the price of nearly every fructose-laden food at least 5x higher, if not much more.
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- maxerickson 5y agoCane sugar is similar in price to HFCS.