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tert in seattle

writes:
>On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 22:00:52 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:
>
writes:
>>>On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:07:11 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Read this last week and found it interesting:
>>>>
>>>>"High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a nutritive sweetener
>>>
>>>"nutritive sweetener" ROTFL... unbelievable
>>>
>>>>similar
>>>>to table sugar (sucrose). It's used by the food industry because
>>>>of it's many qualities, including stability, broad
>>>>functionability and abundant raw material in the (USA) Midwest.
>>>>As a rise in obesity coincided with it's introduction, some
>>>>people believed it must be the cause.
>>>>
>>>>But HFCS was soon shown to have no means of causing obesity that
>>>>sucrose doesn't have, and their calories are the same. If it were
>>>>removed from the market, consumers would simply find products
>>>>more expensive."
>>>
>>>LOL, and where did you find this complete bullshit from? No link with
>>>your cite. But of course, it's obviously from either the FDA or the
>>>corn lobby.
>>>
>>>If there is any one 'food' item that has made America fat and
>>>diabetic, it's HFCS.
>>
>>hmmm... no link, no citation ... PKB
>
>Do you really need one? Are you that dense?

that's a sound argument!

it is understandable that people want simple explanations, but if you
are familiar with the research you will understand that it's not simple

there is an association between the availability of HCFS and obesity
rates, but establishing a causal relationship has been elusive

it's pretty likely the increased portions, decreased physical activity,
decreased consumption of fruits and vegetables, and changes in food
availability, especially fast food and ultraprocessed food, have more
to do with increased obesity rates than the replacement of cane sugar
with HCFS