Sugar in packaged food worse than table sugar

Teenagers who have a lot of fructose, a mega sweetening sugar used in packaged food, are at a higher heart disease & diabetes risk than those who have table sugar, more so if they also have belly fat. A study of 14-18 years linked high-fructose diets with higher blood pressure, fasting glucose insulin resistance & factors causing heart disease & vascular disease. Heavy consumers also had lower levels of HDL cholesterol