High fructose corn syrup...

Zeromilediet

The human body doesn't differentiate between sugar forms when it is metabolized. It has become a bogey man, but it doesn't need to be. The real issue is why is everything being sweetened.

Actually the body does metabolize fructose and sucrose differently. Only the liver can metabolize fructose which it converts to triglycerides. Excessive fructose causes liver damage, obesity, and diabetes--originating from fruit is not as bad because it takes longer to digest because of the fiber. Triglycerides by the way ...
• are building blocks for the bad LDL cholesterol that forms plaques in arteries,
• can be stored in your liver to cause a fatty liver,
• can be stored in your fat cells to make you obese.

lockef

I think it's funny how everyone says sugar is ok in moderation, but HFCS is evil. Do some research people.

Zeromilediet

I think it's funny how everyone says sugar is ok in moderation, but HFCS is evil. Do some research people.

So true, but generally people (including me) will not give up their sugar in some form or another. Sweetening comes in so many products, as an earlier poster said: the question is why everything is sweetened? I've seen corporate paid 'nutritionists' claim moderate sugar is actually healthy for you--okay as long it is used to make their cardboard processed cereal palatable. WTF?

HFCS is evil. But so is refined sugar and a whole list of natural and artificial sweeteners. And alcohol, which is metabolized by the liver so one could say is treated like a sugar by the body. It's up to the individual to read labels and make choices to reduce sweeteners as much as possible.