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Fructose is used as a replacement to sugar. It is also called fruit sugar
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∙ 9y agoFructose or fruit sugar is a component of table sugar. Some of its functions in the body are for energy production, glycogen production and fat storage.
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Will high fructose cause heart disease?
high fructose itself may not (meaning, Fresh watermelon) which is high in fructose. High fructose corn syrup; which is derived from corn; will certainly raise your bad cholesterol levels (ldl) and the hard bad cholesterol that does scare the arteries.
Does cinnamon powder and honey help gout?
the major constituent of honey is fructose. a recent study showed that people that drank drinks containing fructose had a higher risk of gout. the risk was comparable to 30 -50 ml of alcohol
What is the importance of fructose in gout?
From: http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2006/12/which-drink-causes-gout.HTMLWhich drink causes gout?Uric acid is a breakdown product of the purines, adenine and guanine. These compounds are found in relatively high amounts in meat, especially organ meats. Obviously, anyone with gout should avoid dietary sources of purines. Ah, if only life were so simple! It reminds me of the truism that eating fat makes you fat... If that were true your average dietician would have cured the current obesity epidemic easily by now. No, gout is much more interesting.Gout is triggered by the presence of crystals of uric acid in your joints. It extremely painful. Many people with gout have high levels of uric acid in their blood stream. Oddly enough some people with gout do not have high levels of uric acid in their blood. Dig deeper.Fructose is an unusual sugar for humans to eat. We have no system to break down fructose polymers. The only sources of fructose we can use are the simple sugar in fruit or honey and as the molecule combined with glucose as sucrose, ie table sugar. Drenching your metabolism with fructose is a recent innovation for humans. The current preferred sweetener for soft drinks is "high fructose corn syrup", a product of our dearly beloved food industry in the last thirty years or less.What happens when you drench you metabolism with fructose? It enters the metabolic pathway of carbohydrate below its main control step and is immediately converted to fructose-1-phosphate. Quite why evolution has arranged things this way is a mystery, but my suspicion is that evolution does not like free fructose in human metabolism. So drinking a small bucket of cola will put 100gm of fructose in to your liver. This will require a large input of phosphate to for the fructose-1-phosphate, leaving very little for the generation of adenosine tri phosphate (ATP), the primary energy currency of our cells. A lack of ATP triggers activity of the degradation system for adenine and the production of, guess what, uric acid! Gout, and not a serving of kidneys in sight. Until 100 years ago only the rich could afford enough sugar to get gout, now it is a feature of metabolic syndrome and available to all.Incidentally the fructose has to be "put" somewhere, and that is in to fat for storage, via elevated triglyceride levels in the blood. It causes insulin resistance too. Even the full metabolic syndrome!In fact, probably the truth is that fructose causes insulin resistance, which causes gout. The hyper uricaemia and the fact that the joints produce uric acid crystals do not have to be causally related. I'd say they're not.Incidentally, these bright researchers are looking for ways to minimise the self poisoning caused by fructose. They are actually suggesting looking for a drug to allow you to drink high fructose corn syrup without the rise in uric acid.A drug for life to enjoy your cola. But of course that won't stop the insulin resistance from fructose, so......
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What is the function of fructose?
Fructose is also called fruit sugar because it is the type of sugars made from fruit. Its full function depends up what it is located in but it is a carbohydrate which means that it functions as a source of energy.
What molecule is fructose?
no fructose is not a molecule
Is fructose an electrolyte?
no, fructose is a sugar.
When you add Fructose and fructose does it gives you glucose?
No. Fructose and glucose are two different, simple sugars or monosaccharides. Fructose is a ketohexose. Glucose is an aldohexose.
Which is the sweetest natural sugar?
Fructose
Which is the bigger carbohydrate sucrose or fructose?
Fructose
Is lipid found in fructose?
No. Fructose is a carbohydrate.
Is fructose soluble?
Fructose is soluble in water.
Is salts fructose hydrophilic?
Fructose is not a salt.
Name the sugar which is found in fruit?
Fruitcose and Glucose [fructose, might be the same as fruitcose]
Is fructose a monosaccharide polysaccharide or disaccharide?
Fructose is a monosaccharide.
The fructose in apples are bad?
No, fructose is a simple sugar.
