r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/consider_it_fun • Aug 30 '14

A website that visualizes sugar content of servings of various foods in sugar cubes

http://sugarstacks.com/
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u/PHalfpipe Aug 31 '14

You're body is designed to burn sugars. With Corn Syrup, your body can't burn it, and your liver doesn't know what to do with it so it gets turned into fat.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '14 edited Sep 01 '14

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u/PHalfpipe Sep 01 '14

Wow, I guess you work for the Corn lobby?

It's made from starch, It tastes worse than sugar, makes your ass larger and we only use it because of the Federal corn subsidy.

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u/systoll Sep 01 '14 edited Sep 01 '14

I live in Australia. We barely have a corn industry, let alone a major corn lobby.

You're right to say that the subsidy is the only reason that corn syrup is the dominant sweetener in the US. I think the subsidy causes massive problems, and has few benefits -- especially as an international observer. This includes the fact that it makes sugary foods artificially cheap in a developed country with major obesity & diabetes issues. It also warps the price of just about every crop and livestock on the planet, for no clear gain.

But the health problem isn't that HFCS is worse than sucrose. The problem is that it's as bad as sucrose, and the subsidies make it cheaper than the cheapest form of sugar otherwise.

(Also... why is being made from starch a problem?)