Get the Facts… High Fructose Corn Syrup in Sports Drinks

August 12th, 2010 | by admin |


Kris Clark, Ph.D., RD, FACSM, Assistant Professor and Director of Sports Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University, shares information and clears up confusion about high fructose corn syrup and its role in sports drinks. Visit www.SweetSurprise.com for more information about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and other sweeteners.

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  1. 3 Responses to “Get the Facts… High Fructose Corn Syrup in Sports Drinks”

  2. By CornRefinersAssoc on Aug 12, 2010 | Reply

    @ibis269 Please don’t be misled by exaggerated studies that feed astronomical amounts of one ingredient to the study subjects, in this case rats. The medical community has long dismissed results from rat dietary studies as being inapplicable to human beings. Furthermore, this study mentioned has received much criticism, please see what experts have to say at Sweet Surprise

  3. By ibis269 on Aug 12, 2010 | Reply

    Princeton University has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.

    In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat.

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  4. By maxqt on Aug 12, 2010 | Reply

    there is to much corrin in this country that’s why it’s in everything is the truth. Get your facts straight.

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