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As we try to eat healthier, we often start by reading the nutrition label to check the fat grams, calories, what sweetener is used and more. Chances are we compare what we find on the label with what we think we know about healthy eating. But many people make decisions based on misperceptions. This segment highlights the similarities between commonly used sweeteners: high fructose corn syrup, sugar, and honey. High Fructose Corn Syrup has had its name dragged through the media. But the FDA says it is nutritionally the same as sugar, with the same number of calories and it is metabolized the same way.
1) Even the American Medical Association has concluded that “high fructose corn syrup does not appear to contribute to obesity more than other caloric sweeteners.”
2) Nutritionally, high fructose corn syrup and sugar are the same.
3) High fructose corn syrup and sugar are equally sweet and both contain 4 calories per gram.
4) High fructose corn syrup made from the process commonly employed in the corn refining industry meets the FDA definition of natural.
5) Many people confuse pure "fructose" with "high fructose corn syrup," a sweetener that never contains fructose alone, but always in combination with a roughly equivalent amount of a second sugar (glucose). Recent studies that have examined pure fructose - often at abnormally high levels - have been inappropriately applied to high fructose corn syrup and have caused significant consumer confusion.
Story Keys: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Honey, Sugar, American Medical Association, fructose, FDA, sweeteners, Dietitian, obesity, natural food, sweet surprise
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