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Re:Sugar Should Be Regulated As Toxin, Researchers Say by elemeno on Friday February 03, 2012 @01:11PM (#3548168)
I don't see anything in there which refutes the statement that refined sugar from cane and beets isn't significantly different to HFCS in terms of their effect.
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Re:Sugar Should Be Regulated As Toxin, Researchers Say by gte910h on Friday February 03, 2012 @02:03PM (#3548372)
Nor do I see anything offered that HFCS IS equivalent to sugar.

Substituting the random manufacturer chemical is what should go through safety tests; you shouldn't have to prove it's dangerous, it should have to prove it is safe.

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Re:Sugar Should Be Regulated As Toxin, Researchers Say by joejohnson on Friday February 03, 2012 @02:23PM (#3548457)
Fructose is metabolized primarily in the liver. Glucose is metabolized through many other (supposedly less deleterious) processes. HFCS is primarily fructose. Refined sugar is a mix of about 50-50 fructose-glucose. Thus, refined sugar is significantly different that HFCS.
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Re:Sugar Should Be Regulated As Toxin, Researchers Say by ScottBurson on Friday February 03, 2012 @02:32PM (#3548497)
HFCS is 55% fructose; sucrose is 50% fructose. This doesn't strike me as "significantly different".
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