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Friday
Apr032009

HowStuffWorks "How bad for you is high-fructose corn syrup?"

Good sensible article on HFCS...
Knowing that it tastes delicious, should we go ahead and assume high-fructose corn syrup is also incredibly bad for us? Many people think it is, pointing to the rise in obesity and diabetes that seems to have mirrored the rise in consumption of HFCS. Critics point ou­t that it's not a natural form of fructose and that the availability of cheap sweetener led to the supersizing of individual servings, such as 64-ounce sodas. Those on the other side point out that HFCS helps keep food prices low and is deemed "safe" by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Furthermore, table sugar is 50 percent fructose and 50 percent glucose, so there's only 10 percent more fructose in most HFCS.

So what's the truth? In this article, we'll find out just how bad for you -- if at all -- HFCS is.

via HowStuffWorks "How bad for you is high-fructose corn syrup?".

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