High  Fructose Corn Syrup -  Simply stated: It is NOT good for you.

Ever wonder why Americans are so fat?

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) consumption closely parallels (causes?) the fattening of America. And, HFCS has been linked to insulin resistance and elevated triglyceride levels (a heart disease marker).

THE ANIMAL STUDY (don't skip this one guys and gals!)
"Sucrose is composed of glucose and fructose. When sugar is given to rats in high amounts, the rats develop multiple health problems, especially when the rats were deficient in certain nutrients, such as copper. The researchers wanted to know whether it was the fructose or the glucose moiety that was causing the problems. So they repeated their studies with two groups of rats, one given high amounts of glucose and one given high amounts of fructose.
The glucose group was unaffected but the fructose group had disastrous results. The male rats did not reach adulthood. They had anemia, high cholesterol and heart hypertrophy-that means that their hearts enlarged until they exploded. They also had delayed testicular development. Dr. Field explains that fructose in combination with copper deficiency in the growing animal interferes with collagen production. (Copper deficiency, by the way, is widespread in America.) In a nutshell, the little bodies of the rats just fell apart. The females were not so affected, but they were unable to produce live young."[The Murky World of High Fructose Corn Syrup, http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/cornsyrup.html

The fructose in HFCS is not bound up in sucrose, resulting in more of it getting into the system faster - affecting the liver and bodily function. Not to mention that fructose also depletes the body of its minerals faster than glucose - causing exhaustion rather than relieving it. Is that why PowerAde has some extra vitamins?  Sucrose is glucose plus fructose stuck together. Because the fructose in sucrose is bound up, it is much safer for your body. In fact, glucose is a normal body constituent and thus metabolized without problem. Energy production therefore, should be higher and more consistent.
And, unlike HFCS glucose does not shut down the liver- which is needed to cleanse the body and maintain it during and after heavy activity such as sports.
Note that these adverse effects of fructose are most severe in the growing children consider what your child (and you!) are drinking.

To learn more about HFCS you can visit the Weston-Price Foundation ( http://www.westonaprice.org ), and look at numerous articles on the internet detailing the adverse effects of high fructose corn syrup.

from an article by Dr. William von Peters N.M.D. Ph.D  June 23, 2004