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taconyesterday at 8:05 PM2 repliesview on HN

No, the evidence is that there is no significant difference in satiety. HFCS is 55% fructose / 45% glucose, while sucrose is 50% fructose / 50% glucose.


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to11mtmyesterday at 11:14 PM

Well, There's at least this as a start... https://nutrition.org/sugars-created-equal-lets-talk-fructos...

Not saying Sugar itself is much better, however, yes, there is research indicating that the two are metabolized differently, so that difference in composition should be considered.

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brokensegueyesterday at 8:35 PM

yeah that was my understanding. for some reason corn syrup is vilified. the real problem there (as I understand it) is corn subsidies.