That’s like saying candy and fruit are the same. HFCS doesn’t come from sugar cane it’s heavily processed which is why it’s so bad and doesn’t breakdown the same.
A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain
A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.www.princeton.edu
It’s a type of sugar bruh bruh