high frutose corn syrup

[Omardeth]

it ruined the world .. they took good ole sugar out of everything and nothing tastes as good now . plus your body doesn't convert it the same as sugar (sucrose) so now we are all fat ...

[osprey4]

Huh? Sounds like it's back to biochemistry class for you!

Table sugar, or sucrose, is a di-saccharide of glucose and fructose and obviously is the benchmark for sweetness. Corn syrup, converted from corn starch, contains a natural mixture of mono- and di-saccharides, and is less sweet than pure sugar. But fructose, or fruit sugar, is a bit sweeter than sucrose, so the higher the fructose content, the sweeter the mixture.

Corn syrup is cheaper than sucrose so is preferred by manufacturers, but its hygroscopicity (tendency to pick up moisture) makes it unsuitable for many applications. So you'll still find sucrose in many foods, including for example better quality breads and rolls (makes them a little harder, which Americans are usually willing to pay more for).

Regarding metabolism, all starches and sugars must be converted to mono-saccharides to be absorbed into the cell, at which point they are chemically identical. So the source of the sugar is quite irrelevant.

The idea that corn syrup makes people fatter is pure junk science and has not been demonstrated by any peer-reviewed objective study.

[U-96]

Excuse my unfamiliarity with the street-speak of today's youth, but would this be a suitable moment to add 0wNeD!?

[OuTpaTienT]

Originally posted by U-96
Excuse my unfamiliarity with the street-speak of today's youth, but would this be a suitable moment to add 0wNeD!?

Yep.

[Omardeth]

seems like this says different

go out and get some excerise and you wont have to worry about it

[osprey4]

Face it. If you're getting a lot of corn syrup in your diet, you've got a diet problem, not a metabolism problem.

[Omardeth]

dude easy easy ... it was just something i found and thought interesting ... you are acting like you own the company . take a deep breath ..

the stuff is used in alot of things , if you wanted to get away from it it would be very hard .. because like you said it is cheaper so it is used to sweeting alot of things we eat . but forgive me for trying to show something .

didn't expect a personal attack from it .

[U-96]

Good point osprey4, eat fewer processed foods, buy raw ingredients and cook for yourself and the problem magically disappears. I don't remember the last time I added high fructose corn syrup to a cake I baked

Omardeth, don't fret. Osprey4 has merely traded his diplomacy and tact for his Borg-like scientist hive-mind

You have to admit it was kind of funny to get such a technical refutation from a biochemist though - I think there are a few lurking in the organic soup around Techimo

If you want to avoid it never shop anything but the outside perimeter of the grocery store. Stay out of the center and watch out for the bread.