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[–] PleaseDontEatMe ago 

HFCS is a very refined form of sugar that comes from corn, and it is indeed a lot worse for you then sugar refined from cane or beets. Basically because of the 'high fructose' part. Sugar is usually fairly evenly divided into 'fructose' and 'glucose', and the body metabolises the different parts of sugar differently. I can't remember the specifics, only that I think if I remember correctly, fructose requires high amounts of fibre to be properly metabolised, otherwise it puts stress on the liver as it is quite toxic and needs to be gotten rid of, hence why 25% of Americans are suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease which leads to cirrhosis (like in alcoholics), and liver cancer. Fructose is what constitutes most of the sugar in fruits, however when you eat fresh fruit, you're also getting the fibre you need from the fruit to metabolise the fructose. If you are eating straight HFCS in food without the fibre, then that's when you have a problem. More or less, the more refined that sugar is, the worse it's going to be for you.

Since I'm Australian, HFCS isn't as commonly used here as in the states. We rely mostly on cane sugar because that's what grows here and is the cheapest to produce in Australia. But certainly I see it on labels from overseas products here. In that way, I suppose I'm getting the lesser of two evils XD