Fructose
Added Sugar Science: What It Does in the Body and How It Differs from Natural Sugar
How added sugar is metabolized, how it differs from natural sugar at the molecular level, why dose and food context matter, and what the WHO guidelines actually say.
BeginnerHFCS: Is It Really Worse Than Sugar?
Is high fructose corn syrup bad? We compare HFCS to sugar, explain fructose metabolism, and give you the honest answer about what the research shows
BeginnerHow Fructose Is Metabolized Differently from Glucose
How fructose metabolism differs from glucose: the KHK enzyme, bypass of phosphofructokinase, de novo lipogenesis in the liver, and why dose and food source both matter.
AdvancedSugar: From Kitchen Chemistry to What Your Body Does With It
Sugar does different jobs in cooking and in your body. Here's the chemistry of caramelization, Maillard browning, and how sucrose becomes glucose and fructose.
Intermediate