Glucose, on the other hand, is your body's nearly ideal source of fuel, meaning it has none of the damaging
metabolic effects of fructose; glucose also suppresses your appetite, unlike fructose, which stimulates your appetite and encourages overeating and the accumulation of excess body fat
Not exact matches
Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center now have found that mice on a fatty diet who were given high levels
of fructose in their diet suffered much worse
metabolic effects than those given similar calories
of glucose (the other component in table sugar).
Also worth noting: the soybean plus
fructose diet had less severe
metabolic effects compared to the soybean oil diet, but it did cause more negative
effects in the kidney and a marked increase in prolapsed rectums, a symptom
of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which like obesity is on the rise.
This means you can consume the same amount
of calories from
fructose or glucose,
fructose and protein, or
fructose and fat, but the
metabolic effect on your body will be entirely different despite the identical calorie count.
This 9 - day trial in 43 obese children with
metabolic syndrome investigated the short - term health
effects of reducing sugar and
fructose.
In previous years, our major source
of fructose came from fruits and vegetables, which also contained fiber, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and beneficial phytonutrients, mitigating any negative
metabolic effects.
Furthermore, in vegetables and fruits, the
fructose is mixed in with fiber, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and beneficial phytonutrients, all
of which help moderate the negative
metabolic effects.
Medical professionals are studying the
effects of the sugar
fructose on the
metabolic pathways leading to the development
of these chronic diseases.