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Major Study Claims to Identify The Root Cause of Obesity: Fructose (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

High fructose corn syrup, by the way, is up to 55% fructose, with the rest being glucose. So it's not thaaaat different than sucrose in overall composition. That's not saying anything about how it's absorbed though.