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		natrius on Sept 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This white powder will kill me one day The bond in sucrose makes little difference. We've evolved to break that bond very easily. Since the internet tends to be a big fan of Lustig's sugar video, can I just cite him as saying they're the same? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose#Metabolism_of_sucrose

pyre on Oct 2, 2012 [–]

I've seen the video. I made no claims that the bond between the sugars in sucrose made a different. I was mostly attempting to explain the difference.

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