On Nov 24, 3:26 am, wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:48:12 -0800 (PST), "Bobo Bonobo(R)"
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> > wrote:
> >On Nov 23, 8:34 pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
> >> Viator > wrote:
> >> >I see that some candies use something like
> >> >corn syrup for this purpose, for instance
> >> >there is a peanut bar that is just peanuts
> >> >and this binding substance. I want to avoid
> >> >high fructose corn syrup since I read
> >> >it may be linked to the obesity epidemic.
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> >> Cory syrup and high fructose corn syrup are
> >> different substances.
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> >Yes. Regular corn syrup is EVEN WORSE than the high fructose variety
> >regarding its impact on obesity. Lots of fructose can, however, have
> >other negative impacts on health.
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> >> Steve
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> >--Bryan
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> What the heck does "high fructose" mean?
> I always wondered that.

They take the corn syrup (glucose), and use an enzyme to convert some
of it to fructose, which has less impact on blood sugar, and calorie
for calorie is sigificantly sweeter than glucose. Fructose is 1/2 of
the double sugar, sucrose (table sugar):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose
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--Bryan