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graham[_4_]

On 15/01/2015 8:46 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "graham" > wrote in message
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>> On 15/01/2015 8:11 AM, wrote:
>>> Squirts asked if invert syrup (as likely in his German sour cherries)
>>> was as bad as HFCS. (Acid is applied to sucrose to split it into glucose
>>> and fructose, thus "inverting" it.)
>>>
>>> Trying to find out, I stumbled across a number of German books
>>> pointing out
>>> the harm of sucrose. In English their titles would be "Pure. White.
>>> Deadly."
>>> "Sugar, the Household Killer" "Guaranteed Hazardous to your Health"
>>>
>> The book "Pure, White & Deadly" was published in England in the 60s.
>> It was controversial at the time (I remember a televised debate where
>> the author was a speaker) and was then ignored.
>> It has recently been "re-discovered".
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> I remember it well. So, it is back then is it? Any changes?
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AIUI a US scientist recently came to the same conclusion and did a
google search only to discover that book.
Graham