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• n  a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

• Kelly Braden Alamy Think that all sugars are the same? They may all taste sweet to the tongue, but it turns out your body can tell the difference between glucose, fructose and .
• Researchers have found that eating too much fructose can raise the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
• A new ad campaign by the Corn Refiners Association claims that high-fructose corn syrup is not as fattening as you think.

• fruit sugar
• levulose
• laevulose

News & Articles

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• Buffalo lawyer files lawsuit against makers of high-fructose corn syrup
  A Western New York family believes high fructose corn syrup caused their daughter's Type-2 diabetes. Now they want the corporations that produce the sweetener to pay. YNN's Ryan Whalen reports on a local lawsuit that could have a national impact.
  June 22, 2013 - YNN Syracuse
• Dietary fructose causes liver damage in animal model
  The role of dietary fructose in the development of obesity and fatty liver diseases remains controversial, with previous studies indicating that the problems resulted from fructose and a diet too high in calories. However, a new study conducted in an animal model showed that fructose rapidly caused liver damage even without weight gain. The researchers found that over the six-week study period ...
  June 20, 2013 - Science Daily
• Dietary fructose causes liver damage in animal model, study finds
  ( Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center ) The role of dietary fructose in the development of obesity and fatty liver diseases remains controversial, with previous studies indicating that the problems resulted from fructose and a diet too high in calories.However, a new study conducted in an animal model at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center showed that fructose rapidly caused liver damage even ...
  June 19, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Michael Jacobson in Channel News Asia
  What was once a rare treat in a small serving is now served up morning, noon and night, virtually everywhere Americans happen to be,said Michael Jacobson, CSPI's executive director. "How did a solution of high-fructose corn syrup, water...
• Walter Willett in New York Times
  There's no substantial evidence to support the idea that high-fructose corn syrup is somehow responsible for obesity,said Dr. Walter Willett, the chairman of the nutrition department of the Harvard School of Public Health and a prominent...
• Yvon Chouinard in San Jose Mercury News
  I said to Wal-Mart, 'You are the seventh largest economy in the world. If you told your suppliers to clean up their act, you could change the world.' I told Coke to stop using high-fructose corn syrup because it causes diabetes,'Chouinard said.