orangedonkey
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I was reading strongbad's posts and he said fructose powder is better than refined sugar but didn't really explain. Does anyone have any more info on this?
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orangedonkey said:I was reading strongbad's posts and he said fructose powder is better than refined sugar but didn't really explain. Does anyone have any more info on this?
Why not?mt_dreams said:post 100865 With someone with a sluggish liver, this is not the route to go.
Giraffe said:post 100932Why not?mt_dreams said:post 100865 With someone with a sluggish liver, this is not the route to go.
mt_dreams said:post 100865orangedonkey said:I was reading strongbad's posts and he said fructose powder is better than refined sugar but didn't really explain. Does anyone have any more info on this?
For a healthy person with a well functioning liver who digests fructose well, it allows them to take in lots of sugar calories without activating insulin. I'm sure they were specifics relating to the fructose effect on the body, but the above is the biggest factor.
With someone with a sluggish liver, this is not the route to go.
Refining sugar is a somewhat natural process, especially if it's unbleached sugar. Fructose powder has to be processed to remove the glucose chain.
Dizzryda said:post 103313
This might explain why I get weird symptoms when I try a milk/sugar or milk/fructose combo. I get weird jaw tension and eye pressure. I'm thinking it must sluggish liver. I couldn't tell if you were saying regular sucrose would be the better option of the two for someone with a sluggish liver or if both should be used sparingly if at all.
I agreemt_dreams said:post 103416 For someone with a sluggish liver, it would be wise to limit fructose until you can get the organ up to speed. So in this regard, sucrose is better than isolated fructose.
mt_dreams said:post 101104Giraffe said:post 100932Why not?mt_dreams said:post 100865 With someone with a sluggish liver, this is not the route to go.
The liver has to process/convert it, so if the liver is not healthy, it will put extra strain on your body, especially the liver. It's the same as the rule regarding alcohol, which is why so many misinformed people jumped on the fructose is toxic bandwagon once Ludwig beat this point to death.
Sea said:post 103441
I thought that Ray Peat said that fructose is the most protective of the liver, and can help the liver better than other forms of sugar when it is faced with actual poisons.
I thought that Ray Peat said that fructose is the most protective of the liver, and can help the liver better than other forms of sugar when it is faced with actual poisons.
He also thinks fructose is liver protective.
The problem is to know if it is... how is it extracted and from what?It is possibly got to do with quality of the
product and individual health. He mentioned that it is fine to use pure fructose as long as it's
quality is good.
Yes but fructose coming from fruits or sucrose!
The problem is to know if it is... how is it extracted and from what?
And I am not the only person to have had an explosion of tooth decay during the period of consuming pure fructose products....
I don't know but it happened to me, and to a girl (she had allergy to sucrose!) and her parents got to know it from other people, so it is not isolated, and the decays stopped when they stopped the use of fructose.how would that happen
I am also interested in replacing honey/ sugar/ sweeteners with pure fructose powder
My understanding is that fructose powder comes from corn.Yes but fructose coming from fruits or sucrose!
The problem is to know if it is... how is it extracted and from what?
And I am not the only person to have had an explosion of tooth decay during the period of consuming pure fructose products....