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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by katbyte on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @02:38AM (#28125742)
Which is better? Cane sugar and corn syrup are very different and the harmful effects of “sugar” are greatly increased with HFCS
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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @07:44AM (#28127615)
Are they that different? I thought the major difference was that the disaccharide in cane sugar was split in corn syrup, which happens very quickly in your digestion anyway.
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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by yissp on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @08:42AM (#28128091)
It has significantly more fructose which can cause digestive issues for some people (search fructose malabsorption, it's apparently fairly common).
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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by katbyte on Friday August 13, 2021 @10:23PM (#28177256)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM - the main gist of it is cane sugar is 50/50 sucrose and fructose while HFCS contains much more fructose which is harder for the body to digest/make use of as it requires being broke down or something and its hard on the liver ect. that video goes way into depth about it if your interested.
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