High-fructose corn syrup leads to considerably more weight gain (2010)

princeton.edu

28 pointsgraderjs5 comments

Very old study but interesting nonetheless. HFCS gives me headaches where regular sugar does not. I can eat a bunch of candy no problem but a large soda will leave me with a throbbinf headache every time

The wonderful world of migraines and triggers.

Given the HFCS reference I'm guessing you're in the USA. Have you tried comparing effects of 12oz of 'regular Coca-Cola' vs 'Mexican Coca-Cola' -- the latter costs more and can be found at foodie places, etc. and is made using sucrose not HFCS.

One of the confounders in your statement is that candy is a food (well kind of) and has a certain rate of digestion and delivery internally whereas soda is well a liquid with a much higher rate/spike of fructose (and glucose). This is basically a second order confounder that can be tested by drinking the other kind of Coca-Cola which isn't HFCS based.

I should test this

As with many articles like that, it's missing a "in rats" at the end of the title.

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