Sucrose, glucose, and fructose are three common types of sugar that are absorbed differently and have slightly different effects on the body. Whether they occur naturally in foods or are added to them ...

For the first time, scientists have unraveled just how high levels of fructose affect the body, flipping a genetic switch as it's broken down – one that primes your immune system to overreact to ...

Excessive fructose intake has been linked to hyperuricaemia. Our aim was to test whether 355 and 600 ml of commercial sugar-sweetened soft drinks would acutely raise plasma uric acid. Plasma uric acid ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers from Washington University investigated how dietary fructose indirectly promotes tumor growth through metabolic mechanisms involving the liver. The ...

Along with glucose, fructose is one of the two primary components of added sugar. Some health experts believe fructose is the worse of the two, at least when consumed in excess. Fructose is a type of ...

Share on Pinterest Fructose contributes to obesity by slowing down metabolism, study suggests. Image credit: Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images. New research suggests that fructose — a simple ...

UC Davis study shows fructose isn't the only bad sugar in high fructose corn syrup. (Getty Images) Consuming high fructose corn syrup appears to be as bad for your health as consuming sugar in the ...