Eli5: Whats the difference between “processed sugar” and sugar found in fruit, bread and milk etc? arent processed sugar the same sugar molecules as those?

Question

And more specifically, what is it that makes processed sugar worse than consuming sugar from those products, is it blood sugar spike or something?

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Answer 1

they may be the same chemically, but the difference lies in potency and the process through which you obtain the sugar itself, a bottle of corn syrup contains the same sugar within the normal corn, but so potent that a bottle of corn syrup has the same amount of sugar you would find in a lot of corn cobs.

for example, A 400 gram bottle of corn syrup contains approximately 312 grams of sugar. One medium-sized ear of corn contains approximately 6.4 grams of natural sugars, usually hidden within a lot of fiber, protein, vitamin, fats, etc.