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by ayu 5657 days ago
Pretty cool.

If you want to replicate this, please remember that they consumed only glucose!! Fructose, which is present in equal amounts in table sugar, sucrose, is definitely not good for you (unless you eat fibre with it, like in fruits). It's processed solely in the liver and in a way analogous to ethanol. You can get fatty liver from too much HFCS.

If you're interested, check out this review by Dr. Robert Lustig: http://www.scribd.com/doc/36173697/Bariatrician-Fructose

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Interesting. But how am I to distinguish this comment from any number of other random dietary opinions which may be complete bullshit?
You study it further?

Crazy, I know.

Would eating fruit along with a cup of coffee be a good way to replicate? Or would the there not be enough of a spike in sugar to get the same result?