One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly. Fructose is perhaps best known ...

High-fructose corn syrup has long been portrayed as a major villain in the American diet. But a new school of thought contends that plain old table sugar or even all-natural honey can be just as ...

Scientists have found that specialized immune cells inside a glioblastoma tumor process fructose, suppressing the immune ...

Sweeteners often marketed as natural alternatives may be putting unexpected stress on your liver, according to emerging research on fructose metabolism.

You've probably heard about fructose. It's a type of simple sugar naturally found in our beloved fruits and some vegetables. Think about the sweetness of a juicy apple or ripe strawberries—that's ...

The liver breaks down dietary fructose into lipids that are used by cancer cells to boost their growth in mice. As the small intestine and liver metabolize most of the dietary fructose, the team ...

It was previously believed that fructose, which is the sugar found in fruit and fruit juice, is processed by the liver. However, a new study suggests that fructose is mainly processed in the small ...

When it comes to processing fructose, the liver is a pinch hitter for the small intestine. To use fructose for energy, the body needs to convert it into another type of simple sugar called glucose or ...

Princeton University researchers report that in mice, fructose, a sugar found in fruit, is processed mainly in the small intestine, not in the liver as had previously been suspected. Sugary drinks and ...