Cut through the Dizzying Deluge of Confectionery Confusion

In Corny News, Food, HFCS by Cathryn

5344193519_Chocolate_Covered_CherriesIf you have anything in common with the blog staff at Corn Commentary, you probably have no clue what you might get your significant someone for Valentine’s Day yet. You may have spent endless hours flipping furiously through webpages on your phone with a blank mind and pounding pulse. What could bring a smile to the face of someone who always brings one to yours?

In your list of whirling worries, cross off one cause for concern and consternation. Whether the candies you buy are sweetened with corn, cane or beet, when it comes to digestion they are the same for you to eat.

So pick up chocolate covered cherries, bon bons or strawberries. Your Valentine’s preference is your biggest worry. Scientists have shown there’s no wondering which should be your chosen treat. Metabolisms burn as fast as you can get your heart to beat. It all burns the same in turn whether sugar comes from corn or cane or beet.

Scour the substantive studies on this sugary science here.