What's the Difference Between Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup

This week Reactions is taking to science and chemistry to let you know what the difference between sugar and high fructose corn syrup is. It seems like it's in just about every product on store shelves: High fructose corn syrup. What is it and how is it different from regular old sugar? Reactions is here to answer those sweet questions. Sources: http://physrev.physiology.org/content/90/1/23 http://advances.nutrition.org/content/4/2/236.full http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/88/6/1715S http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/88/6/1716S.full Repreive for HFCS (CAS) - http://www.cas.org/news/insights/science-connections/hfcs Sugar: The Bitter Truth, Robert. H. Lustic - /watch/Mo-6auinnBdn6 More Reading: http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i29/Bitter-Side-Sugars.html http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i31/Case-Against-Sugar.html http://cen.acs.org/articles/87/i27/Sugar-HighJinks.html Video/Words: Kirk Zamieroski Scientific Consultant: Robert McGorrin, Ph.D. Find us on all these places: Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Tumblr! http://tumblr.com/ACSReactions

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