Candy and soft drinks contain

Answer 1

Candy and soft drinks contain large amounts of refined sugar. The old fashioned kind used to be made with refined white sugar, but now, more and more, are made with high fructose corn syrup. This new type of sugar is more refined than the white sugar and is much harder for your body to use properly, because the more something is refined, the less like a natural sugar it becomes. This makes it hard for your body to recognize. That is why a glycemic index was developed that lists foods in accordance to how easily they raise your blood sugar. High fructose corn syrup is at the top of the list of foods that are hard on your blood sugar level because it makes it go so high that your pancreas has to release a lot of insulin to counteract it.