On: American toddlers are eating more sugar than the a...

[RobertRoberts]

>Organic sugar isn't a panacea

I didn't say it was.

>...organic sucrose is absolutely chemically identical to non-organic.

Have any evidence to support this? Also, many things are "chemically" similar but affect the body in very different ways.

[jschwartzi → RobertRoberts]

Sucrose refers to an arrangement of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms that form a specific molecular shape.

Whether organic or not, the process to make it yields the same molecule.

[RobertRoberts → jschwartzi]

You are assuming that sucrose is the only component that causes any sort of problems.

[jerf → RobertRoberts]

The "assumption" is that when you ask someone what the difference between sucrose and sucrose is, that you don't mean a second hidden question about something else entirely.

[RobertRoberts → jerf]

I didn't, that was assumed by the replier.

I was arguing there is a difference between raw unprocessed extract from the sugar cane plant vs processed white sugar.