fructose vs glucose
fructose
Definitions
noun
- a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
Examples
Fructose is absorbed more slowly than glucose and galactose.
In order to metabolize fructose (and sucrose for that matter but thats simply because sucrose has fructose in it) the body does need to make a few enzymes primarily aldolase-B
Fructose, aka levulose, found naturally in fruits and, to a lesser extent, vegetables, is the sweetest of all sugars.
glucose
Definitions
noun
- a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy
Examples
Fructose is absorbed more slowly than glucose and galactose.
When you eat or drink a food source of maltose, the maltose is split into two glucose units so they can be absorbed.
According to the pack, the main ingredient was glucose syrup.
