What's the Deal With Mexican Coke?

Georgie Dinkov: Is there a difference between sucrose, like table sugar, and high fructose corn syrup? If you get it both in pure form, there is metabolically no difference. He says undissolved starch particles can actually absorb through the lumen through the intestine and get into the bloodstream. The amount of unhydrolyzed starch that ends up in soft drinks may be one explanation for their fattening effects.

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