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You forget one thing: outside of US, people don't put HFCS into everything like there's no tomorrow. We use sugar proper across the pond, and while it's a poiso

You forget one thing: outside of US, people don't put HFCS into everything like there's no tomorrow. We use sugar proper across the pond, and while it's a poison, it's not to the extent fructose is.

orangepurple 4y ago
There are at least 56 different names for sugar on food labels in the USA
joshe 4y ago
Table sugar is also high fructose. Sugar is also called sucrose, it is 50% fructose and 50% glucose. High fructose corn syrup is "available at various fructose levels. HFCS 42, used in beverages, processed foods, cereals and baked goods, comprises 42 % fructose and 53 % glucose. HFCS 90 comprises 90 % fructose and 10 % glucose... HFCS 55, which is used in soft drinks." -https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5983097/#:~:text=HFCS%20is%20available%20at%20various,%25%20fructose%20and%2010%20%25%20glucose https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5983097/#:~:tex.... I think sucrose tastes better but it seems to be processed in the body the same way as corn syrup. Btw, fruit juice or honey are also high in fructose. Most likely they are all equally bad. All stored in the liver and all build insulin resistance.
- stjohnswarts 4y ago
  Sucrose is mostly not processed like fructose. Fructose is processed in the liver, sucrose mostly by the regular digestion tract, with a little bit in the liver. You should do more reading, it's pretty fascinating.
  - joshe 4y ago
    No this is just lore, there is a great deal of pseudo science around this. They are slightly different chemically so it's not impossible but there is no evidence to that effect. Note also that Sucrose is 50% fructose, so saying sucrose isn't processed like fructose is very unlikely. There is lots of speculation even in the mainstream, but our best understanding now is that they are similar.
stjohnswarts 4y ago
This is a fallacy, HFCS is no worse than cane sugar. What is more important is the amount stuffed into food. HFCS has been demonized when it's sugar&hfcs that should be demonized. Human bodies can handle small amounts of sugar pretty well but when you increase that 10-100x like modern America diets then you get issues.

You forget one thing: outside of US, people don't put HFCS into everything like there's no tomorrow. We use sugar proper across the pond, and while it's a poison, it's not to the extent fructose is.

orangepurple 4y ago

There are at least 56 different names for sugar on food labels in the USA

joshe 4y ago

Table sugar is also high fructose. Sugar is also called sucrose, it is 50% fructose and 50% glucose. High fructose corn syrup is "available at various fructose levels. HFCS 42, used in beverages, processed foods, cereals and baked goods, comprises 42 % fructose and 53 % glucose. HFCS 90 comprises 90 % fructose and 10 % glucose... HFCS 55, which is used in soft drinks." -https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5983097/#:~:text=HFCS%20is%20available%20at%20various,%25%20fructose%20and%2010%20%25%20glucose https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5983097/#:~:tex.... I think sucrose tastes better but it seems to be processed in the body the same way as corn syrup. Btw, fruit juice or honey are also high in fructose. Most likely they are all equally bad. All stored in the liver and all build insulin resistance.

stjohnswarts 4y ago
Sucrose is mostly not processed like fructose. Fructose is processed in the liver, sucrose mostly by the regular digestion tract, with a little bit in the liver. You should do more reading, it's pretty fascinating.
- joshe 4y ago
  No this is just lore, there is a great deal of pseudo science around this. They are slightly different chemically so it's not impossible but there is no evidence to that effect. Note also that Sucrose is 50% fructose, so saying sucrose isn't processed like fructose is very unlikely. There is lots of speculation even in the mainstream, but our best understanding now is that they are similar.

stjohnswarts 4y ago

This is a fallacy, HFCS is no worse than cane sugar. What is more important is the amount stuffed into food. HFCS has been demonized when it's sugar&hfcs that should be demonized. Human bodies can handle small amounts of sugar pretty well but when you increase that 10-100x like modern America diets then you get issues.