"Although much fuss has been raised about high-fructose corn syrup, when it comes to calories and weight gain, it makes no difference if the sweetener was deriv

"Although much fuss has been raised about high-fructose corn syrup, when it comes to calories and weight gain, it makes no difference if the sweetener was derived from corn, sugar cane, beets or fruit juice concentrate." This is subtly wrong, but I think it's important that people understand why. Yes, the calories from HFCS are the same calories from sucrose or fruit sugars. However, you body's reaction is different. See this paper for an idea of the kinds of differences that can be observed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19064538?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19064538?ordinalpos=2&#38...