The big evil about HFCS for diabetics

Nowadays people seem to want to get away from artificial stuff in their food, and there's nothing wrong with that. "Real sugar" is refined from either the sugar cane plant or the sugar beet plant and is in the form of sugar called sucrose. High fructose corn syrup is a byproduct of the corn plant, and the sugar is in the form of fructose. If I understand my basic human digestive biology right, our bodies can't tell the diff (or they don't care). All the -oses (sucrose, fructose, glucose, can't remember if there are others) are handled the same when we swallow them. Our stomachs and intestines, along with various hormones and digestive juices, etc, are all about taking what we eat and converting most of it to glucose anyway, since that's the food our body's cells require for metabolism.

The big evil about HFCS for diabetics is that it's hiding in loads of different junky/highly processed/oversweet ened crap foods, and it's also used in lots of different sweetened drinks, including sports and so-called energy drinks, as well as lots of fruit "drinks" aimed at the kid market. IMO, unless there's a clear indication for it, like in times of illness (especially for those of us who take insulin) or to counteract lows, it'd be a better idea for all of us to stay strictly away from all refined sugar and HFCS. For us, it's poison and IMO again should have a skull and crossbones label alongside the nutritional info.

Skull and crossbones on the HFCS for sure! I saw a show about how they make the stuff and yes, it does come from corn, but they put it thru a process that includes something that is toxic in higher doses, I can't remember the ingredient. It's probably the biggest FRankenfood we have produced in this century.
The problem in this country is that our CORN LOBBY is very powerful. We have learned to make just about anything out of corn, things we would never think of like wall material, flooring, you get the idea. And as long as it's used to house us, I don't care, but when it goes into my body to become part of ME, well, I have to think twice about that. Skull & crossbones, indeed!