This isn’t meant to be a discussion on the morality of the embargo, but the affects of the embargo ending for both countries. These affects can be political, economic, or social.
This isn’t meant to be a discussion on the morality of the embargo, but the affects of the embargo ending for both countries. These affects can be political, economic, or social.
Moving from corn syrup to cane sugar in similar amounts is not really a health win. The make up of HFCS is not significantly different from came sugar. We just need to eat less sugars overall.
No and yes - we do need less sugar in things and that will be more impactful overall but HFCS is just plain worse in sweetening efficiency.
In terms of sweetening efficiency, HFCS is going to be sweeter in the same amounts because fructose is sweeter than glucose. HFCS generally consists of 55% fructose and 42% glucose while cane sugar is 50/50. They do metabolize slightly differently due to the slightly different makeup though. I know HFCS has become a boogeyman but the real issue is sugar in general. How cheap HFCS is due to corn subsidies and sugar tariffs causes it to be in damn near everything in large amounts. Try doing a month without added sugar in your meals and see how few options you actually have. It was pretty damn difficult when I did it and I live in a large city.