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> Is there any reason to think absorbing lots of simple glucose or sucrose through your stomach lining is much better than than absorbing lots of fructose? A b
by d110af5ccf 5y ago
> Is there any reason to think absorbing lots of simple glucose or sucrose through your stomach lining is much better than than absorbing lots of fructose?
A better question is if there's any reason not to. You should never blindly assume that biological research on one chemical translates to another. Seemingly small structural differences often (but don't always!) result in wildly different chemical properties. Additionally, biological pathways are incredibly (almost unimaginably) complex.
- strken 5y agoWell, yes - we already have good alternatives to eating pure simple sugars, whether they're fructose or glucose. One good one is absorbing glucose slowly by breaking down complex carbohydrates, by eating low-GI foods. In this case, there's not a binary choice between fructose or glucose. You don't have to eat either as 100% of a diet, you can mix and match. Whether there's a reason not to eat pure glucose is not a better question health-wise, it's a much worse question than "should I intentionally eat either fructose or glucose as a large part of my energy intake?"