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high-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener used in carbonated beverages.
Contains: free fructose (also see fructose)
Complications:
- plays a role in metabolic syndrome
- obesity, hypertension, diabetes
Related
fructose
General
food additive
References
- Johnson RJ et al,
Potential role sugar (fructose) in the epidemic of
hypertension, obesity and the metabolic syndrome, diabetes,
and cardiovascular disease.
Am J Clin Nutr 2007, 86:899
PMID: 17921363
- Aeberli I et al,
Fructose intake is a predictor of LDL particle size in
overweight schoolchildren.
Am J Clin Nutr 2007, 86:1174
PMID: 17921399
- Bray GA
How bad is fructose?
Am J Clin Nutr 2007, 86:895
PMID: 17921361