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In reply to the discussion: Corporations Have Renamed ‘High Fructose Corn Syrup’ [View all]Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)The only problem with is it that it so cheap that companies use lots of it and supersize servings for the same price. The problems come from the people eating 64 oz bags of Cheetos and washing it down with two liters of soda in one sitting.
Hand scientists colas made of "pure cane sugar", sugar beet sugar, and HFCS 50 and the only way that they can tell them apart is to measure the isotopic ratios of the carbon atoms. Chemically, they are identical. One's body has absolutely no way of distinguishing them, yet there are people who will tell you that one is poison, one is mother's milk and one tastes muddy.
I have not been a jerk to anyone, I've called crap science crap and suggested that they seek better sources than the woo spouted by quacks. If someone was touting trickle down, supply side economics, I'd call that crap too.