A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.
In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides. The researchers say the work sheds light on the factors contributing to obesity trends in the United States.
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Which is precisely why ads from the Corn Refiners Association always result in my yelling at the television.
High fructose corn syrup is not the same as sugar, and it’s not “fine”–this isn’t the first study to prove that. Why these sleazeballs are allowed to run their misleading ads is beyond me. I hope they end up in court alongside Big Tobacco.