Until about a month ago, I believed all sugars were about the same. Wrong.
Briefly, as shown in the diagram below,…
![Sucrose is 1 part glucose and 1 part fructose](https://gotta-eat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Screen-Shot-2014-02-07-at-8.30.36-AM.png)
…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 are two very distinct molecules structurally that are metabolized entirely differently in our bodies. Read more »