Wednesday, May 27, 2009

[riexnmim] High fructose corn syrup

PSA: regular corn syrup is high in glucose. High-fructose corn syrup has some of that glucose chemically changed into fructose, which humans perceive as sweeter.

Glucose metabolizes faster than fructose. (Glucose metabolizes faster than anything. ) And the monosaccharide fructose metabolizes faster than the disaccharide table sugar sucrose.

So for the same quick metabolization reasons that high-fructose corn syrup is worse for you than sucrose (e.g., sugar high), regular corn syrup is itself worse than high fructose corn syrup, per unit weight or per unit sweetness.

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