All sugars the same? Natural and man made?

Are the sugars that exist in fruits the same molecular
make up as say man made sugars such as hugh fructose
corn syrup, etc?

Bottom line.... are natural sugars any better for you
than man made sugars?

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Are the sugars that exist in fruits the same molecular
make up as say man made sugars such as hugh fructose
corn syrup, etc?

Bottom line.... are natural sugars any better for you
than man made sugars?

Sugar is carbs whether from an orange or a chocolate bar or a slice of
bread. You body doesn't know the difference.

*50 bs permanently off for 6 years on Atkins.

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wrote Are the sugars that exist in fruits the same
molecular
make up as say man made sugars such as hugh fructose
corn syrup, etc?

Bottom line.... are natural sugars any better for you
than man made sugars?


"man made sugars"?? don't you mean something different? Corn syrup is not
"man made" if it comes from corn, after all. Besides, different sugars have
slightly different chemical constructions that make them more/less likely to
affect people in a certain way. I guess you could call Honey a "bee made
sugar".....

Pat in TX

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:07:51 -0500, Pat wrote:


wrote Are the sugars that exist in fruits the same
molecular
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"man made sugars"?? don't you mean something different? Corn syrup is not
"man made" if it comes from corn, after all.

It is, actually. The corn starches are converted to fructose in factories.
No less (or more) "man made" than MSG.


[...] I guess you could call Honey a "bee made sugar".....

Flower made, to be fair. The bees collect the nectar and concentrate it,
but don't change it chemically.

Martin (215/165 since 4/2003, 165 since 4/2004)
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[...] I guess you could call Honey a "bee made sugar".....

Flower made, to be fair. The bees collect the nectar and concentrate it,
but don't change it chemically.

Martin (215/165 since 4/2003, 165 since 4/2004)


In the flowers, it is only nectar. You couldn't eat it and say, "Yep, this
is honey!" So, if the bees change it in any way to produce honey, that
makes it a bee-made sugar just as much as corn syrup is called a man-made
sugar.

Pat in TX

"man made sugars"?? don't you mean something different? Corn syrup is not
"man made" if it comes from corn, after all. Besides, different sugars have
slightly different chemical constructions that make them more/less likely to
affect people in a certain way. I guess you could call Honey a "bee made
sugar".....

corn is manmade. it never existed in the wild. high fructose corn syrup is
starting to show some bad health problems.

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"man made sugars"?? don't you mean something different? Corn syrup is
not
"man made" if it comes from corn, after all. Besides, different sugars
have
slightly different chemical constructions that make them more/less likely
to
affect people in a certain way. I guess you could call Honey a "bee made
sugar".....

corn is manmade. it never existed in the wild. high fructose corn syrup is
starting to show some bad health problems.

Corn itself is "manmade"? No. Today's corn may have been carefully selected
and grown to be what it is today, but it is not "manmade" by any stretch of
the imagination. That's like saying all breeds of dogs today are "manmade".

Pat in TX

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Corn itself is "manmade"? No. Today's corn may have been carefully selected
and grown to be what it is today, but it is not "manmade" by any stretch of
the imagination. That's like saying all breeds of dogs today are "manmade".

corn never existed in the wild. atleast the dogs are all dogs. there is no wild
corn at all. and today's corn sure is not yesterdays corn it is pretty low in
quality and nutrition.

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"Steve Knight" wrote in message
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corn never existed in the wild. there is no wild
corn at all.

What did native Americans get maize from?
Just curious here.

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:27:41 GMT, Steve Knight

corn never existed in the wild. atleast the dogs are all dogs.

Actually, not. DNA has revealed that dogs are wolves, and nothing
but, in Lassie clothing, so to speak... K.