High-fructose corn syrup vs. sugar: Which is actually worse?

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High-fructose corn syrup vs. sugar: Which is actually worse?
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Many of us believe some kinds of sugar are healthier.

that correlated HFCS consumption with obesity rates in the U.S., which at the time were fairly closely aligned. More and more food companies were using table sugar’s syrupy cousin because it has properties that make it ideal for making processed foods like soda and candy. Around the same time, Americans were growing fatter. The researchers were careful to note that, as always, correlation doesn’t imply causation.

But that didn’t stop other people, both scientists and journalists, from drawing much broader conclusions. Many parties took the paper to mean that there was something unique about HFCS that contributed to obesity. But the study never claimed to prove that, and subsequent research has shown exactly the opposite. As a 2014 review in the journalput it: “The belief that sucrose is metabolized differently than HFCS is a myth.

equally. You should really only be getting six to nine teaspoons a day at a maximum, according to federal guidelines, but Americans consume. If we all focused on sugar as one lump category rather than “natural” versus “unnatural,” we’d be better at making healthy choices. Even the sugar found in fruits is unhealthy if you eat too much of it.

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