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Sugar

Fructose

Fructose is a simple sugar found mainly in fruit and honey. Table sugar is half fructose and half glucose.

Energy

There is no established safe upper threshold

EFSA could not establish a safe upper intake for dietary sugars and advises keeping added and free sugars as low as possible within a nutritionally adequate diet. This is not a recommendation to eliminate intact fruit. 1

Two different forms of intolerance

Malabsorption can cause bloating, abdominal pain and altered bowel movements. Hereditary fructose intolerance is an inherited metabolic disorder in which fructose can cause low blood sugar and liver or kidney damage. 2

Adverse findings

Ratings where the reported effect was unwanted. Each lists the studies behind it.

Liver healthOrgan FunctionStrongFNo linked study
Blood sugarWeight ManagementStrongFNo linked study
Oxidative stressLongevityStrongFNo linked study
Weight lossWeight ManagementStrongFNo linked study
MetabolismWeight ManagementStrongFNo linked study
Gut healthStrongFNo linked study
Cholesterol balanceCardiovascularModerateFNo linked study

For information, not individual medical advice. Ingredient studies do not establish the effectiveness of these products.

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