date:May 21, 2012
corn syrup, which is added to manufactured food products as a sweetener and preservative.
Criticism
However the US-based Corn Refiners Association were keen to point out the study did not investigate high-fuctose-corn-syrup but looked at intake of fructose, fed to the rats in water.
Dr John White, a sweetener expert and president of White Technical Research, also noted that studies in rats often do not translate well to human physiology, anatomy or nutrition.
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