I took up your suggestion to search around, this came up pretty easily https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9551185/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/

I took up your suggestion to search around, this came up pretty easily https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9551185/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9551185/ The effect of high-fructose corn syrup vs. sucrose on anthropometric and metabolic parameters: A systematic review and meta-analysis > We found that HFCS was significantly associated with an increased CRP level, compared to sucrose. [...] > CRP is a biomarker for inflammation; and several previous investigations have shown that fructose-containing sweeteners,[...] Can you explain why their finding is invalid or how it does not contradict your claim (Corn Syrup and Sucrose are chemically identical from the standpoint of human metabolism)? This isn't a rhetorical question, I'm not an expert in the field I don't pretend to be able to understand the subject.