PlantSugar |
MilkSugar |
BloodSugar |
|
Worst |
Babies* |
Best |
|
Type |
Fructose |
Galactose
|
Glucose |
| HFCS - 90 | 90% | - | 2% |
| Honey | 77% | - | 33% |
| HFCS - 55 | 55% | - | 43% |
| Table Sugar | 50% | - | 50% |
| Rice starch | 0% | - | 100% |
| Milk | ?? |
Fructose
- in all plant sugar
- fruit
- vegetables
- known as belly fat
- permanent fat
- Binds to body quikcly as fat
- 7 times fater than glucose
- more fat forming
- stays as fat
- monosaccharide
Glucose
- in all major carbohydrates
- starch
- table sugar
- etc.
- known as
- blood sugar
- grape sugar
- primary and preferred energy source of the body.
- Starch contains glucose.
- converts from fat to energy
- aldo-hexose
- monosaccharide
|
Differences between Glucose and Fructose
|
|
| GLUCOSE - Good |
FRUCTOSE - Bad |
| Also known as blood sugar | Also known as fruit sugar |
| Six-membered ring | Five-membered ring |
|
The preferred energy source for the body
|
Not the preferred energy source for brain and muscles
|
|
Less lipogenic
|
More lipogenic
|
|
Less fat producing
|
More fat producing
|
|
Relies on hexokinase or glucokinase to initiate metabolism |
Relies on fructokinase to initiate metabolism |
|
Aldohexose
|
Ketohexose
|
| Forms a pyranose ring structure |
Forms a furan ring structure
|