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Tag: fructose metabolism

  • Life Changer: Sugar’s Bitter Truth Video and More

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    Last post showed how to make killer flavorful fresh lemonade using either the traditional amount of sugar, 2 tablespoons of sugar with 2 ounces of lemon juice, or with less sugar using a mixture of 2 teaspoons sugar and 1/3 teaspoon stevia (plant derived sweetener) for that same 2 ounces of freshly squeezed lemon juice.…

  • Sugar Is NOT Just Sugar

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    Until about a month ago, I believed all sugars were about the same. Wrong. Briefly, as shown in the diagram below,… …sucrose – white table sugar – is made of one part glucose (the energy of life) and one part fructose (what I now regard as “feast or famine” energy). Bottom line: glucose and fructose…