Metabolic syndrome is a medical condition, diagnosed when any three out of the following five risk factors occur together (1):Abdominal obesity (apple shaped body);High blood triglyceride levels;Low HDL cholesterol level;High blood pressure; (see how to reduce...
Many nutritional online sources fail to treat sucrose as a combination of fructose and glucose. (read more about the difference between fructose and glucose) When discussing the effects of simple sugars on the body, statements such as “product X has 60% of sucrose and...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity is a disease in which excess of body fat accumulated presents a health risk. However, the amount of fat accumulated and its distribution in the body, as well as the associated health problems vary considerably...
The most basic form of a carbohydrate, which cannot be broken down by water to simpler units, is called monosaccharide and includes glucose, fructose and galactose. (1)Sucrose is a carbohydrate that combines one glucose and one fructose molecule and is, therefore,...
Fructose metabolism is significantly more harmful than other sugars.Fructose and glucose are the most commonly consumed simple sugars. They have the same amount of calories per gram, but differ greatly in the way they are broken down. (1, 2)As a result of sugar...
