(June 25, 2015) Fructose
not only results in a lower level of satiety, it also stimulates the reward
system in the brain to a lesser degree than glucose. This may cause excessive
consumption accompanied by effects that are a risk to health, report
researchers from the University of Basel in a study published in the scientific
journal PLOS ONE. Various diseases have been attributed to industrial fructose
in sugary drinks and ready meals.
Fruit sugar, or fructose, is a carbohydrate that occurs
naturally in fruits and vegetables and is generally harmless in this form.
Despite their similar structures, fructose and glucose – that is, pure grape
sugar – affect the body very differently: an intake of glucose causes a sharp
increase in blood insulin within minutes, whereas fructose stimulates insulin
secretion to a limited degree only.