Well, there's no sugar in my Pepsi Max, just plenty of sweet, sweet Aspartame and Acesulfame K.

well except that NO soda actually contains table sugar (sucrose).
They all have tons of high fructose corn syrup. (the exception is Coke put out during Passover)

What IS the Phenylketoneurics process and what does it do for the overall appeal of Diet Coke?...and Ahkile Peysekhdik the food ada' passovah, and whaddaya know a Coke product ta go with it, farkakt!

Correct me if I'm wrong. Sucrose is basically glucose and fructose. If in the video, the 39g of sucrose were equal to aprox. 8 teaspoons, then the amount of HFCS will be between 12 and 15 teaspoons in a 12 oz can?

This is why I switched to alcohol.

Yes, sucrose is di-saccharide, but is chemically bonded glucose and fructose. HFCS is a chemical product of a vat of some corn byproduct and enzymes to either convert glucose, or strip apart natural sucrose. But HFCS just means high fructose content and it is a liquid, so we're comparing dry sugar by weight (and it absorbs moisture) to liquid HFCS..

Wikipedia:

Common commercial grades of high fructose corn syrup include fructose contents of 42%, 55%, or 90%. The 55% grade is most commonly used in soft drinks and equivalent to caster sugar.

Unlike sucrose, HFCS consists of a mixture of glucose and fructose, which doesn't require an enzymatic step to break it down before absorption in the intestine.

"Simple sugars include sucrose, fructose, glucose, galactose, maltose, lactose and mannose."

Disaccharides
sucrose = glucose + fructose
lactose = glucose + galactose
maltose = glucose + glucose

Simple Carbohydrate Sources
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Sucrose - Table sugar, brown sugar, confectioners sugar, raw sugar and turbinado
Glucose - Dextrose, corn syrup and glucose syrup or tablets
Fructose – Honey, fruits and vegetables
Lactose - Milk products
Maltose, Dextrose – Cereals, flour and many baked goods
Alcohol Sugars - Sorbitol, mannitol, xybitol

Complex Carbohydrate Sources
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Insoluble Fiber - Wheat bran, cabbage, beets, carrots, brussel sprouts, turnips, cauliflower and apple skin (pectin)
Soluble Fiber -: oat bran, oats, legumes (beans), citrus fruits, strawberries, apple pulp, psyllium, rice bran and barley
Starches - Flour, bread, rice, corn, oats, barley, potatoes, carrots, corn, legumes, fruits and vegetables.


HFCS is getting a bad name. You'll start seeing P&G and our chemical manufactured food overlords switching to other things, like galactose.

Diabetes is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States. High blood sugar is among the most costly health problems in America. Health care and other costs directly related to diabetes treatment, and the cost of lost productivity, are $98 billion annually. Forget Big Tabacco, Big Sugar will be the next target for class actions

just Splenda for me, thanks...or is that going to wind up killing me as well?

Yay science and critical thinking! Good post.

Diet soda causes at least as much weight loss as soda with sugar - Diet Soda Drinkers Gain Weight
Overweight Risk Soars 41 Percent With Each Daily Can Of Diet Soda.

Dang it. I drink less sodas, but more fruit juice. I noticed the sugar in them.

Sure soda and fruit juice have lots of suger, but God only knows whats in your tap water.

Yeah, because alcohol is so much better for you...

mmmmmm ... this is why i LOVE my glacéau vitamin water (2/3 less sugar than soda)!!

It's all pretty obvious, especially if you know how to read numbers and roughly convert to weight in your mind, or have bothered to actually measure. But most people can't or haven't. So it's good for people to actually SEE this kind of thing, to get the rude awakening.

Next up, he should demonstrate to people just how much salt is in a can of Campbell's... Soup is GOOD food?

LadyBug: I thought you drink juice from aphids. Ants love that!

Ant this is crossing over into beastiality now... err... insectiality?

Farhad2000: Nope, it's nature. See http://www.google.com/search?q=ants+aphids ...

If one teaspoon weighed 6g why did he say 7.5 equaled 39g it should of been 6.5 and he mention you wouldn't eat that much normaly and i have consumed 50+ sugar packets in one sitting out of boredom