In "Good Calories Bad Calories", Gary Taubes coined the term "Frankenstein of Sugars" for fructose. Think of all the fructose powered coke/soda pop/yogurt/cereal you've eaten in your life ...
Here's a concise explanation of Frankenstein:
http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2009/04/fructose-vs-glucose-showdown.html
"Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Fructose vs. Glucose Showdown
As you've probably noticed, I believe sugar is one of the primary players in the diseases of civilization. It's one of the "big three" that I focus on: sugar, industrial vegetable oil and white flour. It's becoming increasingly clear that fructose, which constitutes half of table sugar and typically 55% of high-fructose corn syrup, is the problem. A reader pointed me to a brand new study (free full text!), published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, comparing the effect of ingesting glucose vs. fructose."
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