OT from downstairs: HFCS vs other sugars. It appears that HFCS is actually digested differently from other sugars. I don’t know the implications of this.

From Dr. Mark Hyman MD through our friend Google:

Regular cane sugar (sucrose) is made of two sugar molecules bound tightly together — glucose and fructose in equal amounts. The enzymes in your digestive tract must break down the sucrose into glucose and fructose, which are then absorbed into the body.

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) consists of glucose and fructose, not in a 50-50 ratio, but a 55-45 fructose to glucose ratio in an unbound form. Since there is there is no chemical bond between them, no digestion is required so they are more rapidly absorbed into your bloodstream.