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Princeton Study: Want To Be Fat? High Fructose Corn Syrup Is The Answer!
PRINCETON.EDU | 03/22/10
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A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all
sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with
access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight
than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric
intake was the same.

In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals,
long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal
increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in
circulating blood fats called triglycerides. The researchers say the
work sheds light on the factors contributing to obesity trends in the
United States.

"Some people have claimed that high-fructose corn syrup is no
different than other sweeteners when it comes to weight gain and
obesity, but our results make it clear that this just isn't true, at
least under the conditions of our tests," said psychology professor
Bart Hoebel, who specializes in the neuroscience of appetite, weight
and sugar addiction. "When rats are drinking high-fructose corn syrup
at levels well below those in soda pop, they're becoming obese --
every single one, across the board. Even when rats are fed a high-fat
diet, you don't see this; they don't all gain extra weight."
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