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Originally Posted by wgscott
High-fructose corn syrup is the problem, not fresh fruit.

The guy is right about it inducing formation of omentum fat.

Equating it with alcohol toxicity isn't helpful.
Often the messenger misstates the issue for their own purposes. Here's a good read which I believe states the issue correctly:
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/37385

It's not just the calories, it's the delivery vehicle.

Honey is nearly chemically identical with HFCS. Fortunately it's hard to consume enough honey to make it a problem

Weird that people attempt to conflate HFCS overconsumption with simply eating carbs.

Interesting that the Team Sky on-bike beverage of choice is a very close cousin of HFCS.
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