Dr Ford Brewer - PrevMed

Are you Feeling Lucky? Fructose vs Glucose & Sucrose - FORD BREWER MD MPH

Episode Summary

Does fructose really have a significant metabolic impact compared to glucose and sucrose? This article compared the immediate impact of 50g Fructose to 50g of glucose and 50g of sucrose. The immediate results were very different and very interesting. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4290803/ Fructose didn't raise blood glucose, insulin, or triglyceride level. Glucose and Sucrose did. On the other hand, Fructose caused an immediate rise in CV inflammation as measured by C Reactive Protein. Fructose also caused immediate rises in cholesterol values.

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