Focus on Nutrition and Nutrition Science

High Fructose Corn Syrup and Diabetes: Is Sugar Any Better?


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Guest: James Laidler, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen

The move to re-cast high fructose corn syrup as "corn sugar" come out of the demonization of high fructose corn syrup by some in the medical community. But is high fructose corn syrup's reputation scientifically justified, and what does it mean for physicians and their patients? Dr. Jim Laidler, an MD and researcher in the area of molecular biology, talks with host Bruce Japsen about the much-maligned high fructose corn syrup and whether it is worse for health than other sugars and common substitutes.

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