Is high fructose corn syrup bad for you?

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Yes. Aside from being nothing but empty sugars, high fructose corn syrup has been linked to gastrointestinal problems as well. It's not as though corn syrup will harm you much more than any other empty sugar, but a person consuming large amounts of corn syrup is replacing calories that could have been from nutritious fruits and vegetables with a nothing less substitute.


Answer: HFCS is banned in UK and about to be in Europe.


High fructose is horrible! It promotes tooth decay, causes obesity, is linked to diabetes, and causes high cholesterol and much more! dont eat it!!!! it is so baddddd!

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