Fructose has long been considered a comparatively innocuous sugar, especially for type 2 diabetes sufferers as its glycemic index is low and its metabolism doesn’t involve insulin. Unfortunately, in case of hyperglycemia (and therefore of prediabetes or undiagnosed type 2 diabetes), this specificity allows for large amounts of sugar to enter the body cells (particularly in the retina, crystalline lens, kidneys…
- 16 September 2015
ABUSE OF FRUCTOSE MAY BE HARMFUL.
Fructose is indeed a low-GI carbohydrate, as its metabolism doesn’t involve insulin, but this specificity precisely allows for the penetration of large amounts of glucose within the cells (in particular in the retina, lens, kidneys and nervous cells) in case of hyperglycemia, aka of undiagnosed prediabetes or type 2diabetes. This triggers an osmotic reaction that prompts dramatic water retention with…
- 15 September 2015
MANY FOODS CONTAIN HIDDEN FRUCTOSE.
High-fructose corn syrup is widely used by the food industry as a sweetener, especially in America (it amounts to 12% of the daily caloric intake in the United States). Apart from sodas and industrial pastry, it is also added to such unlikely foods as mustard or gherkins. Do read the labels before buying… and beware of any ‘glucose-fructose syrup’, ‘inverted…