Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain

http://www.princeton.edu ^ | March 22, 2010; 10:00 a.m. | by Hilary Parker

[Red Badger]

A Princeton University research team, including (from left) undergraduate Elyse Powell, psychology professor Bart Hoebel, visiting research associate Nicole Avena and graduate student Miriam Bocarsly, has demonstrated that rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup -- a sweetener found in many popular sodas -- gain significantly more weight than those with access to water sweetened with table sugar, even when they consume the same number of calories. The work may have important implications for understanding obesity trends in the United States. (Photo: Denise Applewhite) Photos for news media

When male rats were given water sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup in addition to a standard diet of rat chow, the animals gained much more weight than male rats that received water sweetened with table sugar, or sucrose, along with the standard diet. The concentration of sugar in the sucrose solution was the same as is found in some commercial soft drinks, while the high-fructose corn syrup solution was half as concentrated as most sodas, including the orange soft drink shown here. (Photo: Denise Applewhite)

[dfwgator]

Duh!

[agrarianlady]

It’s poison. So is sugar. Treat it as such and you’ll see the fat melt off your body in a few months.

[Red Badger]

It’s really simple.

Sugar is metabolized immediately as an energy booster.
High fructose corn syrup is stored in the body as fat.

I suspect that this study is the reason for all the commercials touting ‘corn sweetener’ as being no different than sugar, from the CORN LOBBY of course.

We, in America are caught between two powerful lobbies in DC. The Corn Lobby and the Sugar Lobby.........

[sickoflibs]

HA-HA. alcohol causes intoxication is big news too,

[Huck]

Word to the wise--food purveyors are starting to use the name "CORN SUGAR" for high fructose corn syrup. If it says "corn sugar", it's high fructose corn syrup.

I wonder if anyone has done studies on the ubiquitious flavor additive citric acid. Is it a coincidence that citric acid is in almost all processed foods, and the RX shelves are full of Previcid, Prilosec, et al?

[loungitude]

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[Jack Hydrazine]

How do you fatten up hogs? You feed them corn! DUH!!!

[brytlea]

I personally avoid it like the plague. Of course I try to eat less sugar too, but if I want something sweet sugar or better yet fruit etc is better. High Fructose Corn Syrup may not be the only culprit but I have no doubt it’s not good for you. It’s certainly not necessary.

[verga]

In other news Water is wet and Ice is cold

[Mr. Lucky]

So, maybe the application of corn starch to the production of fuel grade ethanol isn’t such a bad idead after all.

[verga]

Thabnks for the heads up about Corn Syrup

[Prokopton]

Blame the government. U.S. protectionist policies led to the increase in prices for cane sugar and the rise in the use of HFCS. The government is complicit in the increase in obesity and the resulting destruction of peoples health just like they are responsible for destruction of our economy.

GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM.

[GraceG]

I blame the democrats and the RINOS with all their “Corn Subsidies” which have made it fashionable for the big agribusinesses who are in bed with government to push their Corn Sugar on everybody and artifically pushing the regular sugar growers (sugar beet and sugar cane) growers out of the market.

[Red Badger]

It'll clog up the injectors, guaranteed.......

[brytlea]

Wouldn’t it be *sweet* if we could actually sue the people who were at fault here?

[GOPJ]

ping

[Mr. Impatient]

In other news, after extensive research and billions of dollars spent, scientists have discovered that removing the head of any living creature may cause death.

Paid for by your tax dollars, of course.

[Red Badger]

...the regular sugar growers (sugar beet and sugar cane) growers out of the market.

The regular sugar growers (sugar beet and sugar cane) growers priced themselves out of the market. Their lobby in DC got their cronies in Congress to basically exclude foreign sugar from the American market in order to maximize their own monopoly. If we paid the 'world price' for sugar, Cokes and candy bars would still be a quarter...........

[GraceG]

[ Blame the government. U.S. protectionist policies led to the increase in prices for cane sugar and the rise in the use of HFCS. The government is complicit in the increase in obesity and the resulting destruction of peoples health just like they are responsible for destruction of our economy. GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM. ]

Obvviously we need MORE GOVERNMENT!!!!

MOAR, MOAR, MOAR!!!