It also said that sugar, corn syrup, and agave nectar are basically the same. I'm not aware of any particular agave studies, but rats who eat HFCS gain weight more than rats who eat sugar.

People seem to ignore the fiber fruit juice can have (depending on the juice) which changes how your body is processing the sugar. Well agreed that it's driving me nuts how people act like they're the same these days. Now, if they were discussing the acidic effects of some juices on your teeth in comparison to soda,…

I get really fed up with people comparing fruit juice to soda. I have even heard fruit compared to candy because of the 'hidden sugar' content. It completely ignores the way different sugars metabolise in the body. Yes fruit juice has no fruit fibre but it also has no caffeine, carbonation or hfcs.

"Despite the last decades of propaganda against saturated fats, they have now been proven to be harmless (20, 21)."

I'm sorry. Is this a sponsored post from the paleo-diet people? Since when did io9 become a repository for diet fads and borderline junk science? While some of this is true, some of it is untested at best — and contradictory or useless at worst. Don't eat gluten, but don't eat gluten free. Don't use vegetable oils.…