In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> > wrote in message
> ...
> >: "Forbeo" > wrote in message
> > : oups.com...
> > : > Anyone have information on the health benefits of organic rice syrup?
> > : > I have read a few studies that disparage high fructose corn syrup, so
> > : > have steered clear of that. However, in trying to find an alternative
> > : > for recipes I came across rice syrups. Anyone have any information on
> > : > if these are as risky? Or can the body digest these better?
> >
> > : Sugar is sugar, you twit.
> >
> > There are many kinds of sugar, you twit.
> > Fructose, Glucose, Dextrose, Sucrose to name a few. Some are sweeter than
> > others, some are more readily fermentable and/or digestible.
>
> Your body doesn't care. Sugar is sugar.

Unfortunately, I have to agree with JSB the twit, for once. :-P

They all end up being metabolized in a similar fashion.
From the research I've done, it appears that Fructose is just as bad, if
not worse, than Sucrose (table sugar) at contributing to metabolic
syndrome and insulin resistance.
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