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> AFAIK, 10g of sugar is 10g of sugar, regardless of if it's fructose, glucose, sucrose or lactose. Remember that we rely on very noisy abstractions in many sc
by swatcoder 2y ago
> AFAIK, 10g of sugar is 10g of sugar, regardless of if it's fructose, glucose, sucrose or lactose.
Remember that we rely on very noisy abstractions in many sciences, and especially in biology, nutrition, and public health. In terms of the (abstract) model of calories-as-fuel, different sugars mostly all have the same effect of providing about 4 calories per gram. And in terms of the (abstract) model of glucose-as-blood sugar, they all get more or less converted to glucose eventually.
But behind those useful high level abstractions, these are all different molecules and bodies have different ways of processing them: different gut absorption and biome effects, different organs, different catalysts, different pathways, different rates of processing, etc.
So from certain views, yes, "sugar is sugar" but from other views each compound that we call sugar is a different molecule and this implies critical and sometimes quite impactful differences in how any body may respond to it at any given time.
- AlexandrB 2y agoThis is all true, but HFCS-55 is only a little higher in fructose than other sugars considered more healthy like cane sugar[1] and honey[2]. [1] https://kansasfarmfoodconnection.org/spotlights/which-is-better-sugar-or-high-fructose-corn-syrup#:~:text=Granulated%20table%20sugar%20is%20made,fructose%20and%2050%20percent%20glucose. https://kansasfarmfoodconnection.org/spotlights/which-is-bet... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose#Carbohydrate_content_of_commercial_sweeteners_(percent_on_dry_basis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose#Carbohydrate_content_...
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- tekla 2y agoLots of words to say absolutely nothing about why HFCS has a meaningfully worse impact on you than other sugars.
- swatcoder 2y agoI took the GP for asking why there might even be differences in the first place, and answered that question directly. The question as to whom it might impact differently and in what way takes a critical survey of research, of which much has been done. With the output of that research being contentious and hotly debated, I have no interest in trying to summarize that here even if it was what I read the GP to have asked.
- perching_aix 2y agoThose words also clearly didn't mean to, so unless you have reading comprehension issues, I'm not sure why you're taking an issue with that.