Then you aren't reading the labels as well as you're telling me to do. What do you think is the real reason for the rise in obesity?! HFCS. It's not natural and it's not the same as sucrose. It's actually a combination of sucrose and fructose, not normally found in nature. That's only part of the reason why people shouldn't eat anything w/ HFCS in it.
That's an easy one: People consuming more calories than they burn. You see, all carbohydrates are converted by the body into glucose. The source doesn't matter since the body can't differentiate from where the glucose came. When they reach the Krebs cycle these molecules are all 3x2 carbon fragments. Your body has no idea where they came from nor does it care. If HFCS is the cause for the rise in obesity how do you explain increased rates of obesity and diabetes in countries that don't use HFCS in their food supply?
Glucose that's needed for immediate energy is used and any glucose leftover is converted to glycogen, which is then stored in the liver and muscles. If the glycogen reserves are full, the remainder is converted to depot fat. It's very simple. If you consume more calories than you need, they will be converted to glycogen and then to fat. It has nothing to do with HFCS regardless of what the food police want you to believe.
It's not natural and it's not the same as sucrose. It's actually a combination of sucrose and fructose
HFCS is made up of glucose and fructose just like sucrose. There are two types of commercialized HFCS. One offers 55% fructose and 45% glucose and is used mostly in soft drinks. The other is comprised of 42% fructose and 58% glucose. This product is utilized mostly in cereals and baked goods. Sucrose is made up of 50% glucose and 50% fructose.
not normally found in nature
For this to be true you'd need to show me that the chemical structure of glucose and fructose from hydrolized sucrose is different than glucose and fructose from HFCS. Since glucose is glucose and fructose is fructose, you're going to have a really hard time proving that they're any different. Don't waste your time.
Of course, this information won't be found on the labels. You'd have to have some knowledge of nutrition and chemistry to understand that if HFCS is deleterious to your health then sugar (sucrose) has to be bad for you for exactly the same reasons. Pretty silly, isn't it?