Fruit, honey, and natural sweeteners are often seen as healthier alternatives to refined sugar. But scientists are increasingly warning that the type of sugar known as fructose may pose unique ...

High-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener made from corn starch, is widely found in common foods. Due to its widespread use, the consumption of fructose has increased over the past five decades. “If you ...

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 ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers from Washington University investigated how dietary fructose indirectly promotes tumor growth through metabolic mechanisms involving the liver. The ...

Figure 1. Sucrose, which is composed of one glucose and one fructose molecule, is rapidly metabolized to these two sugars upon ingestion. Bottom line The authors of the Nature paper clearly ...

Fructose, the most common food sweetener, is widely used in processed sugary beverages, candies, and baked goods. Excessive fructose intake is closely associated with metabolic diseases like obesity, ...

Gary Patti, the Michael and Tana Powell Professor of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences and a professor of genetics and of medicine at the School of Medicine, all at WashU. Fructose consumption has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sugar known as fructose could be a kind of rocket fuel for cancer cells, and lowering fructose intake could be one way to ...

A groundbreaking study from Washington University in St. Louis has uncovered disturbing evidence about the relationship between dietary fructose and cancer growth, particularly in cases of melanoma, ...