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> I hope I don't need to point out that fructose is a perfectly natural sugar and is the predominant source of sweetness in apples, pears and many other natural
by gnaritas 16y ago
> I hope I don't need to point out that fructose is a perfectly natural sugar and is the predominant source of sweetness in apples, pears and many other natural foods.
Yes, in nature though it's generally package with a dose of fiber which slows down its absorption. Being natural doesn't make it good.
- smackay 16y agoRobert Lustig from University of California San Franciso has a great explanation, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM, that shows all the metabolic pathways that fructose takes and why it is bad for you.