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High Fructose Corn Syrup
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zxcvbob wrote: David Hare-Scott wrote: zxcvbob wrote: Billy wrote: Since we seem to have jumped the tracks here anyway, let me just observe that the only people left in the industrialized world who don't know about the deleterious health effects of HFCS must be watchers of FOX NEWS (Murdoch & Co.), and, therefore, supporters of Glen Beck, and Sarah Palin. HFCS is not significantly worse than cane sugar or beet sugar or honey. All four are made up of approximately the same proportions of glucose and fructose. That doesn't mean HFCS is good for you, quite the opposite; it means sugar and honey are worse for you than ppl think. No. Cane sugar and beet sugar are almost 100% sucrose. I can't lay my hands on an analysis for beet sugar (which we don't get much here) but white refined cane sugar is one of the most pure chemical substances that you will find in your kitchen. Yes, but sucrose is fructose + glucose. Bob I do not think that statement is true. One needs to add an acid to sucrose to form fructose + glucose. So for me soda pop is out. However, for other baked foods, like cereal, that extra HIGH fructose corn syrup is not for me. I will take plain non sweetened cereal and add table sugar to it. I doubt skim milk has enough acid to completely change the structure of sucrose. Also why the need for HIGH fructose corn syrup when plain old regular corn syrup will do? I do use regular corn syrup for candy making. Also, does the structure of HFCS's have an added fat molecule attached to the fructose molecule that makes it different from a regular fructose molecule? Corn syrup aids in preventing crystallizatio -- Enjoy Life... Dan Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan. Using a Laptop |
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