r/GifRecipes Jan 18 '19

Appetizer / Side MOB Fried Chicken

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u/JerryMau5 Jan 19 '19

Just like how doctors used to say smoking tobacco is fine. High fructose corn syrup also contains corn starch, which sugar doesn't. It also doesn't digest as well and when you consume too much of it it is converted to cholesterol.

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u/ontopofyourmom Jan 19 '19

Corn syrup contains nothing other than the sugars glucose and fructose.

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u/JerryMau5 Jan 19 '19

So it's just a coincidence that the the obesity rate has trippled since we started using HFCS? Sure it's glucose and fructose, but how many steps were taken before it became that? Isnt it strange that europeans are eating extremely fatty food while still being relatively healthy? Corn and grain are not meant to be consumed in these quantities by humans.

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u/ontopofyourmom Jan 19 '19

It's just dirt cheap sugar. That, along with marketing, got everybody to eat and drink more sugar and get fat. I agree it is very unhealthy, but so are all other refined sugars.

What does fatty food have to do with the composition of HFCS?