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Glucose triggers insulin, fructose does not. Yet fructose probably contributes more to insuline resistance long term than glucose does. The mechanism, as I und
by CuriousSkeptic 8y ago
Glucose triggers insulin, fructose does not. Yet fructose probably contributes more to insuline resistance long term than glucose does.
The mechanism, as I understand it is that fructose essentially turns into fatty liver, which increases the insuline resistance, the increased IR in turn causes higher insulin levels from ingesting glucose at a later time causing higher median levels of insulin, also causing increased IR.
Point being, the damage done from fructose isn’t measurable from the effects of a single meal. And the insulin raise from glucose is probably not that bad given a healthy start state.