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Does it also include fructose, the main sugar in apples, oranges, bananas, berries, tomatoes, and corn? If I remember the oChem correctly, HFCS is just glucose
by stephengillie 14y ago
Does it also include fructose, the main sugar in apples, oranges, bananas, berries, tomatoes, and corn?
If I remember the oChem correctly, HFCS is just glucose and fructose mixed.
- sliverstorm 14y agoYes, that fructose. You are correct. HFCS is unassociated glucose and fructose, and to my understanding is pretty much interchangeable with sucrose, as sucrose is enzymatically cloven almost immediately. I will throw in that firstly, it is theorized that the fiber in apples etc provides some regulation to the absorption of the fructose and that somehow changes matters. Secondly, and in my mind more importantly, it is much easier to gorge on pure sugar than it is to eat an equivalent amount of sugar in the form of apples.
- regularfry 14y agoI'd also point out that there's no way in hell we evolved a metabolism that expected ready access to as much fruit as we could eat for 12 months of the year.
- sliverstorm 14y agoWhy is that? In nature, different fruits ripen at different times. Even if you were restricted to nature's cycle, there could potentially be fruit available for most of the year. http://www.cuesa.org/page/seasonality-chart-fruit-and-nuts http://www.cuesa.org/page/seasonality-chart-fruit-and-nuts I mean, sure, you wouldn't have access to all of these fruits in one location, but point being fruit wasn't something you got for a week in June, then never again until next June.