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Ophelia[_11_]

"graham" > wrote in message
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> 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".
>>
>> I remember it well. So, it is back then is it? Any changes?
>>
> AIUI a US scientist recently came to the same conclusion and did a google
> search only to discover that book.

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