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Researchers find corn syrup worse than sugar for weight

Written by Aparajita Bijapurkar, Contributor
Published: Friday, March 26th, 2010
Psychology professor Bart Hoebel’s research group found that rats with access to high fructose corn syrup experienced a greater increase in body weight, body fat and triglyceride levels than those with access to sucrose or table sugar. Though some ...(back to the article)

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  • 8:47 a.m. on March 26th, 2010
    Posted by
    Marty

    HELLO!!!!!!!!! I am not a Rat I am a Human and I don't think that we are anywhere close to being rats! DUH!

  • 9:58 a.m. on March 26th, 2010
    Posted by
    Uh… Clem

    Geez Marty - thanks for the astute, well documented peer-reviewed rebuttal of this research.
    You might want to research why white rats are used in lab research before you spout off next time. For one thing, it's unethical and virtually impossible to do this kind of research on humans.

  • 10:27 a.m. on March 26th, 2010
    Posted by
    Jack Sprat

    Fat makes you Fat - eat lean chicken no skin

  • 10:37 a.m. on March 26th, 2010
    Posted by
    off_leash

    Why is a psychology professor researching high fructose corn syrup?

  • 11:54 a.m. on March 26th, 2010
    Posted by
    vpoppv

    Tell us something we DON'T know.

  • 12:28 p.m. on March 26th, 2010
    Posted by
    alsigirl

    A psychology professor is doing the research because of the fact that brain circuitry is being changed by eating habits, i.e. behavior. Read "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the American Appetite" (Rodale) by Dr. David A. Kessler, MD, former head of the FDA.

  • 12:36 p.m. on March 26th, 2010
    Posted by
    Uh Duh

    Hasn't high fructose corn syrup always been worse than sugar?

  • 1:53 p.m. on March 26th, 2010
    Posted by
    AC

    "For one thing, it's unethical..." And why exactly is it worse to conduct research on consenting adults than it would be on animals incapable of informed consent?

    Also, check http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/03/doe... for some critical thoughts on the studies.

  • 2:42 p.m. on March 26th, 2010
    Posted by
    troll

    troll

  • 5:13 p.m. on March 26th, 2010
    Posted by
    09 historian

    Whether or not HFCS is worse for you than sugar should not be the main battle for anti-obesity activists. The author touched on it, but government subsidies for corn farmers makes HFCS extremely inexpensive, driving up the consumption of Cokes and other sugary drinks. It's not whether corn syrup is worse for you, it's how much you consume.

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