Boosting Weight Loss By Limiting Fructose

The right type of carbohydrates a person eats may be just as important in weight control as the number of calories a person eats.

One of the reasons individuals on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly.

Fructose is naturally found in high levels in fruit, it is also added to many processed foods and is perhaps best known for its presence in the sweetener called high-fructose corn syrup or HFCS, which is typically 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose, similar to the mix that can be found in fruits. It has become the preferred sweetener for many food manufacturers because it is generally cheaper, sweeter and easier to blend into beverages than table sugar.

Fructose given at breakfast also changed the way the body handled the food eaten at lunch. After fructose consumption, the liver increased the storage of lunch fats that might have been used for other purposes. Which means that the lunch fat was more likely to be stored than burned.






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