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• n  a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates

• monosaccharide
• monosaccharose

News & Articles

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• High sugar intake linked to low dopamine release in insulin resistant patients
  ( Society of Nuclear Medicine ) Researchers have identified a sweet spot that operates in a disorderly way when simple sugars are introduced to people with insulin resistance, a precursor to type 2 diabetes. For those who have the metabolic syndrome, a sugar drink resulted in a lower-than-normal release of the chemical dopamine in a major pleasure center of the brain. This chemical response may ...
  June 11, 2013 - EurekAlert!