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fructose

[fruhk-tohs, frook-, frook-] / ˈfrʌk toʊs, ˈfrʊk-, ˈfruk- /




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In grueling endurance sports like cycling, and now running, athletes are gobbling down unprecedented amounts of sugary carbohydrates, both in training and competition, via fast-acting gels and bottles loaded with glucose and fructose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

And it is one of very few to still use real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Tagatose exists naturally, but only in very small quantities compared with common sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

The team also discovered that the liver can receive fructose through multiple metabolic routes.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

Yet in nature we would never find a fruit with anywhere near the amount of fructose in a soda.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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