Sugar Makes You Dumb

[Patrick]

I read it's actually high fructose corn syrup that makes you dumb = rewires or kills brain synapses.

So when you say, say, drink less soda, it makes you dumb. It's not sugar-based here in the states, it's HFCS.

I'm just saying, pure cane sugar is natural, whereas HFCS is not. I'm a bit skeptical that something natural can make you dumber. Yes, perhaps in high quantities over long periods of time, just like marijuana.

But I've also read a MSM source that pretty much justifies some people's desire to eat an excessive amount of salty products..as being healthy.

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And artificial sweeteners are terrible for you! (cancer-related argument)

It's simply because the fructose in HFCS is loose. In sucrose (cane sugar, table sugar), the fructose is linked with glucose. So your intestines has to break that bond with an enzyme before it is absorbed. This slows the absorption down and gives time to your liver to deal with fructose. The fructose from HFCS is absorbed right away and en masse, more easily overloading the capacity of the liver to deal with the fructose.

But ultimately, it's the quantity of fructose per day that is to be looked at. From 30g and up of fructose per day, you start having issues.

You won't reach this pseudo limit easily by eating fruits, but you might by drinking fruit juice.