High-Fructose Corn Syrup

Corn is used to making the sweetener high-fructose corn syrup. It can often be found in soda, juice, candy, breakfast cereals, and snack foods. It contains a lot of fructose, a type of simple sugar that, when consumed in large quantities, can have detrimental effects on one's health.

High-fructose corn syrup in particular has been connected to diabetes and weight gain. In one study, 32 participants drank a drink for 10 weeks that was either glucose or fructose-sweetened. In comparison to the glucose-sweetened beverage, the fructose-sweetened beverage resulted in significant increases in belly fat, blood sugar levels, and decreased insulin sensitivity by the end of the study. High-fructose corn syrup also adds sugar and empty calories to foods that lack essential vitamins and minerals that your body requires. The best thing to do is to avoid high-fructose corn syrup and sugary snacks.