Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup Perform Equally on Reduced Calorie Diet
High fructose corn syrup is an ingredient in most of the things we consume on a daily basis. Some health officials have warned against it claiming it is contributing to America’s growing rate of obesity.
Now, researchers are suggesting that high fructose corn syrup is not as bad for the body and can actually help people shed some pounds.
According to a study published in the Nutrition Journal, people can lose weight while consuming typical amounts of sugar or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) if their overall caloric intake is reduced.
James Rippe, one of the study’s authors, said this new research discredits the criticisms of high fructose corn syrup in the diet.
“The results show that equally reduced-calorie diets caused similar weight loss regardless of the type or amount of added sugars,” Rippe said. “This lends further support to findings by our research group and others that table sugar and HFCS are metabolically equivalent.”
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