The health benefits of table sugar over HFCS are a myth. High-fructose corn syrup is higher in fructose relative to normal corn syrup, not to sugar. The HFCS used in processed foods has the same percentage of fructose as table sugar; your body does not see a meaningful difference between the two. The whole HFCS thing is Mercola science.

Sugar is certainly not good for you. The problem with HFCS is that it makes it cheap easy for the food industry to create hyperpalatable foods jacked with sugar. But choosing foods with "cane sugar" does nothing to improve health outcomes.