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Generally made from Genetically Mutant Crap corn Berlum Jan 2013 #1
You mean the glucose??? Because that is what corn sugar is. Glucose. Thor_MN Jan 2013 #12
HFCS cosmicone Jan 2013 #14
I'm well aware that HFCS is aproximately 50% glucose and 50% fructose, just like Thor_MN Jan 2013 #21
Actually, HFCS-55 is 55% Frutose and 42% Glucose cosmicone Jan 2013 #22
And there is also HFCS 42 Thor_MN Jan 2013 #23
the mri sudy is making the news d_r Jan 2013 #2
We did. Igel Jan 2013 #16
Fructose is also tied to a fatty liver. RC Jan 2013 #3
In other words, it turns off the brain's "I am full" signal. ginnyinWI Jan 2013 #4
yep! NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #5
No. Fructose doesn't turn it off. jeff47 Jan 2013 #7
Facepalm jeff47 Jan 2013 #6
Didn't read the article, but I wonder if mono- vs disaccharides matters. BadgerKid Jan 2013 #8
Sucrose breaks into monosaccharides in the stomach jeff47 Jan 2013 #9
Sugar = poison. Undismayed Jan 2013 #10
Tell that to your brain. jeff47 Jan 2013 #11
Let me qualify my statement by saying excess sugar = poison. Undismayed Jan 2013 #13
You'll get just as fat eating too much non-sugar. jeff47 Jan 2013 #15
what if you eat the fruit instead of drinking the fruit juice? CTyankee Jan 2013 #18
It's better, but that's because you're eating a lot of other stuff jeff47 Jan 2013 #19
You still get the juice only not as much as you get in an 8 oz glass. CTyankee Jan 2013 #20
I thought this was already known for a while? Odin2005 Jan 2013 #17
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