1. Glucose and fructose metabolize differently
Glucose and Fructose are two very different things. Chemically they are different, and both have very different impact on our bodies. Glucose is metabolized by our cells. Fructose is metabolized by our liver. When we have too much of it, Fructose damages our liver. This starts the chain of events that leads to “Metabolic Syndrome”.
While consumption of fructose is extremely damaging, the consumption of glucose is relatively benign.
2. Both present in sugar
Sugar consists of one molecule of Glucose and one molecule of Fructose joined together. When we eat sugar the digestive process breaks up the sugar molecule to its constituent molecules: Glucose and Fructose. The damage that comes from sugar consumption is due to the Fructose molecule in sugar.
3. Starch is not sugar
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