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stevie667 · 09-03-2008, 03:23 AM

The sugar in fruits is primarily fructose, with a hint of glucose, and some other minority di and polysacherides.

*just deleted loads of stuff by accident* Fructose isn't bad for you per se (its quite good when you get it from fruit sources), but when mixed with glucose (as sucrose/table sugar, or as high fructose corn syrup) then you have a recipe for disaster. In a nutshell fructose is metabolised by the liver, whereas glucose is taken by all the cells in the body. Your cells use the glucose, whilst the fructose gets bumped around your body to your fat cells and other nasty goings on.

09-03-2008, 03:23 AM	#50 (permalink)
stevie667 Too Awesome for Aardvarks Location: Angloland	The sugar in fruits is primarily fructose, with a hint of glucose, and some other minority di and polysacherides. just deleted loads of stuff by accident Fructose isn't bad for you per se (its quite good when you get it from fruit sources), but when mixed with glucose (as sucrose/table sugar, or as high fructose corn syrup) then you have a recipe for disaster. In a nutshell fructose is metabolised by the liver, whereas glucose is taken by all the cells in the body. Your cells use the glucose, whilst the fructose gets bumped around your body to your fat cells and other nasty goings on. __________________ Office hours have changed. Please call during office hours for more information. Last edited by stevie667; 09-03-2008 at 03:26 AM..