Sentences with phrase «differently than glucose»

There seem to be a lot of individuals within both the high and low carbohydrate diet camps saying that fructose is bad for you — that it will raise your triglycerides and uric acid levels as well as potentially cause fatty liver disease because it is metabolized differently than glucose.

This is metabolized differently than glucose and can cause even more hazardous effects when consumed in excess.

Not exact matches

As far as being a sweetener, it is composed of two simple sugars: glucose and fructose, which are absorbed differently than sugar, thus causing a slower, more gradual rise in blood sugar.

«The researchers... found that «cortical control areas» — broad swaths of gray matter that surrounded the hypothalamus — responded quite differently to the infusion of fructose than they did to glucose.

As far as being a sweetener, it is composed of two simple sugars: glucose and fructose, which are absorbed differently than sugar, thus causing a slower, more gradual rise in blood sugar.

Fructose and glucose look similar molecularly, but fructose is metabolized differently by the body and prompts the body to secrete less insulin than does glucose (insulin plays a role in telling the body to feel full and in dulling the reward the body gets from food).

«Cancer cells behave differently than normal cells in terms of glucose metabolism,» said Wisner.