Richard Johnson, MD: Fruit Sugar is Fructose
Dr. Richard Johnson explains that fruit sugar is fructose, not glucose. Table sugar and high fructose corn syrup both contain fructose and glucose. He asks whether fructose triggers the metabolic switch that helps bears survive winter.
Questions this video answers
Sucrose (table sugar) is a disaccharide composed of one glucose molecule bonded to one fructose molecule.
HFCS is a mixture of fructose and glucose; the ratio can be altered, and in soft drinks it is typically a bit higher in fructose than glucose.
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