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Originally Posted by thingstodo
I said I'm not willing to waste time researching this subject for you! And now you're trying to goad me by saying I make outrageous claims. That's not what TFP is about and not very polite.  |
Actually, TFP is all about providing evidence and links. You should know that the rest of the membership is going to call you on an outrageous claim if you fail to follow it up with peer-reviewed research and links to said research.
That said, I turned up a great study on Medline (via EBSCOhost, the article database, via my university's library) that will clarify some things said here (keep in mind, this is just the abstract, I don't have access to the full study without hunting down the actual journal in the library):
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BACKGROUND: We have reported that, compared with glucose-sweetened beverages, consuming fructose-sweetened beverages with meals results in lower 24-h circulating glucose, insulin, and leptin concentrations and elevated triacylglycerol (TG). However, pure fructose and glucose are not commonly used as sweeteners. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has replaced sucrose as the predominant sweetener in beverages in the United States. OBJECTIVE: We compared the metabolic/endocrine effects of HFCS with sucrose and, in a subset of subjects, with pure fructose and glucose. DESIGN: Thirty-four men and women consumed 3 isocaloric meals with either sucrose- or HFCS-sweetened beverages, and blood samples were collected over 24 h. Eight of the male subjects were also studied when fructose- or glucose-sweetened beverages were consumed. RESULTS: In 34 subjects, 24-h glucose, insulin, leptin, ghrelin, and TG profiles were similar between days that sucrose or HFCS was consumed. Postprandial TG excursions after HFCS or sucrose were larger in men than in women. In the men in whom the effects of 4 sweeteners were compared, the 24-h glucose and insulin responses induced by HFCS and sucrose were intermediate between the lower responses during consumption of fructose and the higher responses during glucose. Unexpectedly, postprandial TG profiles after HFCS or sucrose were not intermediate but comparably high as after pure fructose. CONCLUSIONS: Sucrose and HFCS do not have substantially different short-term endocrine/metabolic effects. In male subjects, short-term consumption of sucrose and HFCS resulted in postprandial TG responses comparable to those induced by fructose.
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Basically, when you cut through all the scientific gobbeldygook, it concludes that bodies react the same to sucrose and HCFS. In men, the reactions to sucrose and HCFS were similar to reactions to fructose consumption.
You can view a different abstract of the same study here:
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/5/1194
As Jinn said--it's all about moderation. Personally, I don't eat products containing HCFS. But that's because I prefer the flavor of sucrose, given the choice.