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Cane sugar is sucrose

Yeah, I knew that. I meant sucrose, not glucose. I brain farted and wrote the wrong one.

fructose is a larger more complex molecule

No, it’s the exact same molecular weight, with the exact same elements, C6H12O6, just arranged and bound differently.

And that was me just getting it ass backwards. I was referring to sucrose, not glucose when I was talking about the molecular size. But I was thinking that sucrose was the monosaccharide and fructose was the disaccharide. I had them flipped in my head.

It has a glycemic index of 56-62 depending on the fructose to glucose ratios. That’s considered a moderate GI, not extremely high. Sucrose (standard table sugar) has a GI of ~65. White bread (70+) and baked potatoes (~86) have a higher glycemic index.

My Nebraska-mascot-sona?

There’s nothing, in particular, of health concern about corn syrup or high-fructose corn syrup besides it being sugary. It is used in everything because corn is incredibly subsidized by the US government and so the syrup created from it is very very cheap. The amount of sugar in general in processed foods is a problem if eaten to excess, but whether that sugar comes from cane, corn, or any other food safe plant, it makes little difference for overall health risks.

If this person is having digestive issues/discomfort from it, I would suggest that one of 3 things is happening. 1) it’s psychsomatic because they assume it’s worse for them. 2) They have an allergy to something in the drink. Maybe the corn, maybe something else. 3) They have fructose intolerance from fructose malabsortion in the small intestine. If the fructose isn’t all absorbed before making it to your large intestine, it can ferment some from your gut bacteria and cause bloating and gas. This is uncomfortable, but not dangerous to your health.

Fructose is not chemically dangerous and it is naturally found in many foods (fruits, honey, vegetables, … corn, etc.). The only difference between the glucose in cane sugar and typical corn syrup and the fructose in High Fructose Corn Syrup is that fructose is a larger more complex sugar, tastes sweeter, and might absorb slower in your digestive tract (which as arguably better for your blood sugar and calorie intake). There is good reason to be concerned about HFCS in processed foods, but the concern should just be that it is over used due to it being a cheap way to make foods taste good, and we have too much sugar in our diets overall.

The fact that there exists an m.2 5 port SATA adapter is the wildest part to me.

That’s fair

Shein and Temu and other cheap chinese mail order goods companies only existed due to then loophole in previous tariffs for small sales. I imagine they will try to clear out stock and then call it quits soon.