To clarify, this study narrowly compares pure fructose to pure glucose, neither of which is consumed in isolation in the human diet. Humans consume a wide array of foods that contain both fructose and glucose in combination along with many other sugars and nutrients. Most notably, both sugar (sucrose) and high fructose corn syrup contain roughly 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose. Furthermore, this study does not look at the way fructose is actually consumed by humans, as it was conducted in a laboratory, not inside the human body.

Please see what others have to say about the UCLA study.

“Both the authors and the press need to retract these alarmist and unsupported claims — especially the authors, since such gross over-interpretation of a lab study is inexcusable among academic scientists. They seem to be grasping for headlines and promoting some anti-fructose political agenda.” Gilbert Ross, M.D., Executive Director and Medical Director of the American Council on Science and Health, HealthFactsAndFears.com, August 4, 2010 http://ht.ly/2lbF1

“This is fructose they are talking about, not HFCS specifically. HFCS is not particularly high in fructose compared to table sugar. Both are about 50% fructose and are about equal in their effects. So is honey. Agave has even more.” Marion Nestle, Ph.D., Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, New York University, Salon.com, August 4, 2010 http://ht.ly/2lN5b

"I hate science press releases that hype a study beyond its importance. I hate it even more when the investigators who published the study make statements not justified by the study and use the study as a jumping off point to speculate wildly." Orac at ScienceBlogs.com, Respectful Insolence Blog, August 5, 2010 http://ht.ly/2m5Lz

Also see Fooducate Blog http://ht.ly/2lNnK: LATimes.com Booster Shots http://ht.ly/2m2gb: and Reason.com http://ht.ly/2m5Kr.

You can read more at www.SweetSurprise.com and see other points of view on high fructose corn syrup at http://digg.com/users/sweetcorn55/history

Shannon McNamara, Corn Refiners Association