When it comes to processing fructose, the liver is a pinch hitter for the small intestine. To use fructose for energy, the body needs to convert it into another type of simple sugar called glucose or ...

They break down cornstarch into corn syrup, which is almost entirely glucose. Then they add enzymes that convert some glucose into fructose, creating high-fructose corn syrup. Processed food and drink ...

Princeton University researchers report that in mice, fructose, a sugar found in fruit, is processed mainly in the small intestine, not in the liver as had previously been suspected. Sugary drinks and ...

FOR much of 2009, Michael Locascio, an executive at ConAgra Foods, watched with concern as the bad news about high-fructose corn syrup kept coming. In January, there were studies showing that samples ...

High-fructose corn syrup has long been portrayed as a major villain in the American diet. But a new school of thought contends that plain old table sugar or even all-natural honey can be just as ...

The liver breaks down dietary fructose into lipids that are used by cancer cells to boost their growth in mice. As the small intestine and liver metabolize most of the dietary fructose, the team ...

Hereditary fructose intolerance is a genetic disorder. Your body lacks the necessary protein or enzyme that’s needed to break down fructose when you have fructose intolerance. That means your body can ...