[James C. Bennett]

Though they're nutritionally almost identical and equally caloric, some consumers believe corn syrup is less healthy than sugar.

It hasn't much to do with the ideal HFCS, but rather, the escape of contaminants and intermediaries used in order to convert corn matter into fructose and glucose. Carbonyl compounds were one of them.

[Red Badger]

Though they're nutritionally almost identical and equally caloric, some consumers believe corn syrup is less healthy than sugar.

Your body knows the difference. It immediately stores these calories as fat. Sugar is used immediately and the leftovers are stored.