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Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r... by RobertRoberts on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @10:42AM (#17293677)
>Organic sugar isn't a panacea

I didn't say it was.

>...organic sucrose is absolutely chemically identical to non-organic.

Have any evidence to support this? Also, many things are "chemically" similar but affect the body in very different ways.

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Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r... by jschwartzi on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @11:03AM (#17293889)
Sucrose refers to an arrangement of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms that form a specific molecular shape.

Whether organic or not, the process to make it yields the same molecule.

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Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r... by RobertRoberts on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @11:48AM (#17294391)
You are assuming that sucrose is the only component that causes any sort of problems.
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Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r... by jerf on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @12:29PM (#17294877)
The "assumption" is that when you ask someone what the difference between sucrose and sucrose is, that you don't mean a second hidden question about something else entirely.
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Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r... by RobertRoberts on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @08:54PM (#17299383)
I didn't, that was assumed by the replier.

I was arguing there is a difference between raw unprocessed extract from the sugar cane plant vs processed white sugar.

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