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fructose

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




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Unlike many risk factors that patients cannot change, fructose intake can be reduced through dietary choices.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Their analysis showed that the surviving cancer cells produced fructose and used it as a signal that encouraged neighboring cells to spread.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

A study from The Wistar Institute has identified a surprising connection between fructose, a widely consumed dietary sugar, and the spread of an aggressive type of ovarian cancer.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Researchers examined whether total fructose intake and the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, fruit juice and whole fruit were associated with self-reported diagnoses of high blood pressure.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

That’s when Japanese chemists discovered an enzyme that could transform glucose into the much sweeter sugar molecule called fructose.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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