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March 24, 2010 High Fructose Corn Syrup = Sucks

Lets face it, as young folks out on our own for the first time, the vast majority of us practice pretty shitty eating habits. Junk food has become a staple in the modern American diet, and almost anything one can think of from Hyphy Juice to Captain Crunch Berries is chocked full of what is known as high fructose corn syrup.

HFCS, is used as a cheap alternative to sugar in sweet food products, but as with most things that are cheap and easy, your fleeting moments of bliss often arn’t worth the repercussions you will face down the line. High fructose corn syrup has been flying through alot of flack lately, which has spawned a new ad campaign aimed to explain to consumers of its comparability to sugar when eaten in moderation. Well, allow science to retort. Researchers at Princeton University have found that high fructose corn syrup has a significant tie to obesity and weight gain :

A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.

“Some people have claimed that high-fructose corn syrup is no different than other sweeteners when it comes to weight gain and obesity, but our results make it clear that this just isn’t true, at least under the conditions of our tests,” said psychology professor Bart Hoebel, who specializes in the neuroscience of appetite, weight and sugar addiction. “When rats are drinking high-fructose corn syrup at levels well below those in soda pop, they’re becoming obese — every single one, across the board. Even when rats are fed a high-fat diet, you don’t see this; they don’t all gain extra weight.”

Princeton Review