Is corn syrup bad for you?
I've heard this one a lot: Isn't corn syrup okay because it comes from corn? Saying that "high fructose corn syrup" is fine because it comes from corn... Is like saying that murder is okay because it is done by a human being. I know I'm drawing a pretty crazy-sounding comparison, but just bare with me for a moment and see if you follow my reasoning. Consider refined sugars and syrups. In general, any syrup that is mostly fructose with some glucose, is going to have the same effect on your body. It doesn't matter if it comes from agave roots , beet roots, sugar cane, tree sap or some other plant. Sure, a given individual may react more or less to one of these, but... Consider: Beet sugar is more like cane sugar than beet sugar is like beets. In the same way, how you process foods at home is also relevant. Take a fresh orange, for example. We can juice that orange, blend that orange into a smoothie, dehydrate the orange, freeze the orange, cook th...