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Sweet image sours. (updates).(fructose)(Brief Article)
Fructose is frequently used as a health food sweetener because the notion that fructose is an acceptable--and healthier--alternative to common sugar, or glucose, is quite prevalent in many nutritional circles. But a new study reported in the November 2002 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition makes an important contribution to growing scientific literature. It confirms fructose is no better for you than glucose--and may even be worse.
The study indicates that fructose promotes insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, high insulin levels, high triglycerides and high blood pressure. As with glucose sugar, fructose can increase risk of type 2 diabetes, the research suggests.
But fructose may pose additional health risks. Fructose, but not glucose, is metabolized to fat in the liver. Other hormonal factors suggest that fructose actually promotes disease more readily than glucose. That doesn't mean that you Should avoid fruit. Eating whole fruit doesn't ...
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