Making Americans Sick

High fructose corn syrup is simply a kind of corn sugar. It has the same number of calories as sugar and is handled the same by the body. The American Medical Association stated that, “Because the composition of high fructose corn syrup and sucrose are so similar, particularly on absorption by the body, it appears unlikely that high fructose corn syrup contributes more to obesity or other conditions than sucrose.” http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/443/csaph3a08-summary.pdf According to the American Dietetic Association, “high fructose corn syrup…is nutritionally equivalent to sucrose. Once absorbed into the blood stream, the two sweeteners are indistinguishable.” High fructose corn syrup has contributed to food choice &...