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by raverbashing
4457 days ago
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I think you're almost there Fructose is fructose, there's no "natural fructose" however it's one thing to eat it pure, another one in a fruit "The problem with fructose is that the liver has only a limited ability to properly process it." Correct, glucose can replenish muscle glycogen, fructose can't (the liver produces both types of glycogen) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3592616 "This is because the fiber provides certain nutrients" Fibers, per definition are not digestible but are other things that may happen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_Fiber And of course glycemic index may be a problem with sugars as well. |
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That I can buy. What I'm more skeptical of is that there's a distinction between "manufactured" and "natural" fructose once both have been concentrated and are used as additives to sweeten other products. Eating a pear is one thing, but I'm less sure that a "naturally sweetened" product which has been sweetened with concentrated pear juice or a similar fruit-based sugar extract is really more healthy than the same product that has been sweetened with more conventional "manufactured" sugars. I don't doubt that eating an actual fruit is almost certainly better than either one.