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To: ROCKLOBSTER; meadsjn
Sugar is sugar. It’s called either fructose or sucrose. (C6H12O6)

I suspect the difference is between liquid high fructose corn syrup and granulated sugar (sucrose)

1,954 posted on 01/04/2023 11:52:04 AM PST by Chuckster (Friends don't let friends eat farmed fish)
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To: Chuckster; ROCKLOBSTER; meadsjn
I suspect the difference is between liquid high fructose corn syrup and granulated sugar (sucrose)

White table sugar (sucrose as you said) is glucose and fructose. Sucrose is a disaccharide consisting of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule, or 50% glucose and 50% fructose. Glucose is a simple sugar, or monosaccharide. It’s your body’s preferred carb-based energy source. Glucose is not a sweet tasting as sucrose. I used to make a glucose "pixie stick" with Kool Aid powder for a friend with hypoglycemia.

2,007 posted on 01/04/2023 1:43:59 PM PST by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: Chuckster

>> Sugar is sugar. It’s called either fructose or sucrose. (C6H12O6)

> I suspect the difference is between liquid high fructose corn syrup and granulated sugar (sucrose)

Both are bad. Fructose is broken down properly by the body unlike the other two.

-SB


2,089 posted on 01/04/2023 6:10:26 PM PST by Snowybear ( )
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