Robert Lustig: Fructose’s 7X Higher Reactivity Than Glucose Fuels Oxidative Stress and Disease
Robert Lustig explains why fructose is far more chemically reactive than glucose. At body temperature, fructose's linear form reacts about 7 times faster than glucose, generating reactive oxygen species that damage cells when antioxidants can't neutralize them fast enough.
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pH 7.4 and 37°C.
97% in the ring form.
3% in the linear form.
-19 kcal per millimole.
Seven times faster.
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