Comments on: Sweetener Controversy Grows

Funding For Many Of The High Fructose Corn Syrup Studies Came From Companies With A Financial Stake In The Outcome

[brianp55]

"HFCS is not the same as sugar. Your body processes it differently and though sweet does not taste the same. If its so much cheaper than sugar, how come the price of the products previouly made with HFCS is higher now than is was when they were made with real sugar"? ...impeach

If I''m not mistaken, I believe that HFCS is actually more expensive to add than sucrose. However, it is more soluble and stays in solution better, particulalry at lower temperatures than sucrose, so it''s apparently preferred for formulating various foods and beverages. Sucrose (beet sugar) is enzymatically modifed to produce fructose. The final step is the enzymatic conversion of glucose to fructose by an expensive "isomerase".

[brianp55]

High fructose corn sweetener ruined the flavor of Coke.

[impeach__w]

Remember when food tasted good? Then came trans fat, eliminating animal fat, and high fructose corn syrup.

Posted by my2centss

YES EXACTLY!!!

[impeach__w]

HFCS is not the same as sugar. Your body processes it differently and though sweet does not taste the same. If its so much cheaper than sugar, how come the price of the products previouly made with HFCS is higher now than is was when they were made with real sugar? Did the consumer price of even one product go down? NOT LIKELY. Did the price of sugar? Seems like there would be less demand for sugar with HFCS as a cheap replacement. DIDN''T HAPPEN.

[my2centss]

Instead of trying to convince us to like your syrup, save your $20 to $30 million, and give us what we want. Then everyone will be happy, except the corn industry, but hey, they have ethanol.

[jcj13]

do these people really think that those who avoid hfcs think refined white sugar is somehow better/fine? as though the issue were at all in comparison of the two evils. and define "fine in moderation." give me a break. what happened to real food?

[my2centss]

Remember when food tasted good? Then came trans fat, eliminating animal fat, and high fructose corn syrup.

[willymack]

The real danger here is that a lot of products claim to be "sugar free" but contain a lot of other chemicals and sometimes "fructose" that are dangerous to diabetics. No one is watching the store Sugar Free should mean no sugar product or foood that turns immediately into sugar should be found therein.

[rfinnie-2009]

I stopped drinking soda four months ago and have lost 30 pounds, without trying. I did not change anything else. Its true.

[credibility2]

It''s not just soda that''s loaded with high fructose corn syrup. Most processed foods have some form of this added. Don''t just blame obesity on soda, since it''s also most processed foods and fast foods. Parents should''nt be giving their kids, of any age these types of products, fast food or especially sports'' drinks. None of this is good for the system and the plethora of chemicals and additives is creating more harm than good to humans.

[calyrist]

What is everyone going on about? Overweight people have known for a decade, at least, that regular soda causes obesity. Mothers know that you don''t give your kids lots of popsicles or soda because they can cause obesity. Of course the industry is goint to fund some research, when they come under attack because someone wants make a name, find the cure for obesity, ADHD or cancer. This is just latest attempt to frighten the public because someone want their shares of stock to fly while HFCS users fall - perhaps cane sugar producers? Think COFFEE for this back and forth go ''round a don''t get caught is arguement.

[spadeisspade]

I don''t care whether or not high fructose corn syrup is worse for you than regular sugar. I do know they sneak it in everything, including fruit juice, and it tastes nasty. I cut it out ages ago because I cannot stand the syrupy over-sweet taste of it.

I''m hoping they will use so much corn for ethanol now that it will be cheaper once again to just use real sugar.

[cqvenus]

Two were never published so they%u2019re funding sources are unclear.

seriously? this is a news site. you can at least proofread and use the right "their."

[barbjc1]

I have known a lot of people that have stopping drinking soda pop entirely. They have lost from 20 to 30 lbs withing a year and not changed anything else.
What does that tell you?

[pollroller1]

antoniof123, Duh. have you got some land in Florida for sale. I been looken fur some cheep land. duh how much you asken fur hit.

[missingamerica]

On second thought, I doubt that was an original idea. What makes me think that the so-called edible underwear are HFCS-based...

[missingamerica]

I know one major difference between sugar and HFCS - microbes won''t eat HFCS (which is why it is used as a preservative in so many foods.) You can test it yourself: soak a plain cracker in sugar water and one in any drink with HFCS instead of sugar and see which one molds.

Posted by perm3800 at 02:30 PM : Oct 01, 2008

So if I sell ****** made with HFCS, I should get rich?

[perm3800]

I know one major difference between sugar and HFCS - microbes won''t eat HFCS (which is why it is used as a preservative in so many foods.) You can test it yourself: soak a plain cracker in sugar water and one in any drink with HFCS instead of sugar and see which one molds. Put a glass of squeezed oj out in the air and one with HFCS and see which one grows yeast or penicillium. Little understood factoid: without the bugs in your gut, you starve to death. If they can''t process the food you eat, many nutrients in food cannot become available to your body and are eliminated with waste. HFCS is added to foods that do not require sweetening (such as breads and juices) to extend their shelf life by inhibiting the growth of microbes and preventing dehydration of the product. Which also should make obvious that it reduces the bioavailability of nutrients in the food since it binds water to the food in an unalterable bond.

Another oddity: Sugar trips the pancreas to generate insulin. HFCS does not.

Yes, high fructose corn syrup is a sugar. Yes, table sugar contains fructose (fructose plus glucose equals sucrose, or table sugar.) However, it is the ratio of one to the other that is important and the very name of High Fructose Corn Syrup gives the game away.

[csda11]

Thank you, docpeter1953, you are right! Along with the increase in obesity this article should include the increase in Type 2 diabetes. The problem is that HFCS is in EVERYTHING...start checking labels and you''ll be amazed at the amount of HFCS you are consuming without realizing it.

[phydeux2]

Antoniof123, no one''s saying you should trust them outright, but neither should you discount what they have to say as pure garbage.

Everyone knows that the key to anything is moderation.

Alcohol is fine... in moderation.
Red meat is fine... in moderation.
HFCS and cane sugar are both just fine... in moderation.

You just have to learn to take such "research" with a grain of salt when its handed to you by the industry that makes or uses it.

Oh yeah! And salt''s ok too........... in moderation!