The double blind studies were presented at ENDO 2010: The 92nd Annual Meeting and Expo of the Endocrine Society.  Both placed 63 overweight and obese individuals on a weight-stable American Dietetic Association (ADA) exchange diet for 10 weeks.  Subjects were required to consume either sucrose (table sugar) or high fructose corn syrup (both in the form of sweetened low-fat milk), with the added sugar comprising either 10 or 20 percent of their daily calories.  Measurements of body mass, body composition, waist circumference and fasting blood samples were obtained at the start and finish of the 10-week intervention.  Significantly, all parameters remained in the normal range during both pre- and post-testing.  

Made up of roughly half parts glucose and fructose, both sugar and high fructose corn syrup have the same number of calories and are metabolized by the body the same way.  In fact, both the American Medical Association and the ADA have affirmed the nutritional equivalence of high fructose corn syrup to table sugar.  Confirms Rippe, "These two studies show the importance of personally managing sugars in one's diet by eating a variety of foods, balancing calorie intake with calorie expenditure, and consuming all sugars in moderation."

SOURCE Corn Refiners Association