Is high fructose corn syrup really the bad boy of sugars? You might be surprised to find that HFCS does not contribute to obesity any more than other types of caloric sweeteners, that it is metabolized the same way as table sugar (they both enter the blood stream as glucose and fructose), and that there are no significant differences between HFCS and sugar (sucrose) when it comes to the production of insulin, leptin (a hormone that regulates body weight and metabolism), ghrelin (the “hunger” hormone), or the changes in blood glucose levels.

 The fundamental link between sugar, blood glucose fluctuations, and obesity is that Americans ingest TOO MUCH sugar – in any form – white sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, confectioner’s sugar, corn syrup, crystallized fructose, dextrin, honey, invert sugar, maple syrup, raw sugar, beet sugar, cane sugar, corn sweeteners, evaporated cane juice, glucose-fructose, granulated fructose, high fructose corn syrup, fructose, malt, molasses, and turbinado sugar.

 I try to limit foods that have any of these ingredients listed as one of the first three items. How about you? How are you going to reduce your sugar intake?

 http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/nutrition_articles.asp?id=486