Fructose is twice as sweet as Glucose, and while we do use Glucose for energy the same is not true for fructose, and fructose is way way more harmful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetness
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Why are fruits and berries healthy, even though they are mostly just sugar? -
Why are fruits and berries healthy, even though they are mostly just sugar?Fructose is the element in sugar (Sucose) that actually taste sweet, it is also the part that is unhealthy. it acts somewhat like alcohol.
Giving similar problems and can also cause dependency.If you want to know the basics about sugar I don't think there is much better info than this out there, absolutely worth a watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM