Ah, fructose. So much confusion surrounds fructose and how scary it really. Well first off, High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is indeed the big bad wolf of sugars. It's nasty and it's blowing your insides apart, slowly and lethally.
Okay, so fructose that comes from fruits and vegetables are okay! You have no reason to fear eating an apple or munching on carrots because honestly, the amounts of fructose in fruits and veggies are so minimal, it would take a lot (and I mean a lot) for it do a lot of damage. Not to mention it has minerals, vitamins and plant compounds accompanied by the fructose that it's beneficial to eat your fruits and veggies. HFCS has none of that.
HFCS is refined corn syrup from corn starch, table sugar's cheaper, evil twin. It's used to replace sugar (fat free/low-fat), a browning agent,and extends shelf life (usually fibre is taken out). HFCS is disguised in many names such as glucose-fructose, Isoglucose, glucose-fructose syrup. and high fructose maize syrup.
It's used in about anything processed. From bread to children's vitamin's, nothing is safe. 80% of products in grocery stores have fructose or added sugar in them. Again, wowzers!
It's used in about anything processed. From bread to children's vitamin's, nothing is safe. 80% of products in grocery stores have fructose or added sugar in them. Again, wowzers!
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