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Saying sugar is healthier than HFCS is sort of like saying morphine is healthier than heroin. It may technically be true, but both will kill you eventually. Tha
by __--__ 13y ago
Saying sugar is healthier than HFCS is sort of like saying morphine is healthier than heroin. It may technically be true, but both will kill you eventually. That said, I agree that if the cost of sugar and HFCS were higher, it would no longer be cost effective to put it in bread. I think everyone can agree that HFCS and sugar probably shouldn't be in bread.
- rwmj 13y agoWhen I make bread at home, I put sugar in it to help the yeast grow.
- sjwright 13y agoPoint taken, but the wheat in bread is not much better for you than the pure sugar...
- specialist 13y agoI'm not a biologist, related from Lustig's video, probably incorrectly: fructose + glucose = sucrose. Body needs glucose. Fructose goes straight to liver, metabolized like alcohol, a bunch of bad stuff happens. Reason fruits are better than fruit juice is the fiber blocks the fructose from being metabolized, letting the needed glucose through. Eating straight refined sugar is probably almost as bad as HFCS. But other sources of sugar (in moderation) are proably fine. FWIW, I add fruit into my morning kale smoothie, and it tastes delicious.
- acchow 13y ago> Reason fruits are better than fruit juice is the fiber blocks the fructose from being metabolized, letting the needed glucose through. Can we get a source on this? I'm very curious, because I eat a ton of fruit with a lot of fructose every day and this Lustig video has gotten me worried.