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259: Carbohydrates: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly—with Dr. Asker Jeukendrup 

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The Implications of Fructose on the Body

Fructose has a very similar pathway as glucose and it comes to pyruvate. It can be oxidized in mitochondria under resting or postprandial conditions. Doctors are telling, hey, eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, but fruits are very, very good. But at the end of the day, fruits are simple sugars. So we need to also be careful out there with having a lot ofruits because of the fructose and the implications of metabolic disease and health.

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