Caffeine and hacking (was Re: Soldering)

[Geoff Oltmans]

Cane sugar and HFCS have about the same ratio of glucose to fructose. Sucrose is broken down into glucose and fructose during digestion.



On Mar 11, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Ray Arachelian wrote:

> Ethan Dicks wrote:
>> Refined cane sugar (sucrose) isn't really any less evil, chemically,
>> than HFCS, but it tastes better.
>> 
>> 
> Actually it is.  While too much sugar in your blood is bad from an
> insulin level and resistance point of view, the glucose part of sucrose
> can be metabolized by any cell in your body.  fructose OTOH can only be
> metabolized by liver cells, and in the process causes damage to your
> liver - as much as alcohol, and in the same ways, without any of the
> enjoyment.
> 
> see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
> 
> That new agave syrup stuff is an abomination, it's a super high fructose
> syrup.
>