Sucrose brings on the fructose more gradually as it undergoes enzymatic breakdown in digestion, rather than right up front all at once as in HFCS.
Fructose in fruits is usually tempered by the fiber present.
I used to gobble sugar like a glutton when a kid, and I remained embarrassingly skinny. The bay window caught up with me only when well into my adulthood.
“Sucrose brings on the fructose more gradually as it undergoes enzymatic breakdown in digestion, rather than right up front all at once as in HFCS.”
Sounds interesting, but I haven´t seen any research on that. Got a link?
“I used to gobble sugar like a glutton when a kid, and I remained embarrassingly skinny. The bay window caught up with me only when well into my adulthood.”
That´s the way it usually works, though many kids get fat (or fatty livers) these days too. It takes a while for most people to crash one´s metabolism and induce systemic insulin resistance. (I.e. fructose -> fatty liver / liver insulin resistance -> loss of liver blood glucose regulation -> hyperinsulinemia -> systemic insulin resistance)
I personally think trans fats have played an important role as well. If researchers want to introduce metabolic derangement, diabetes and obesity in rats, few things beat a fructose + trans fat cocktail in sheer efficiency...