Sucrose is glucose plus fructose. Sucrose is the disaccharide, and frutose and glucose are the mono-saccharides. I am not sure where you are getting that information, but it is wrong.
See http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Carbohydrates.html for a very good reference on this. Marshall Terry Chamberlin wrote: > > When sucrose is digested, it breaks down to glucose > > and fructose. > > No, sucrose is not reduced to fructose. Just the > reverse. Sucrose and glucose are what are called > mono-saccharides, i.e., simple sugars. Fructose is > sometimes called a duo-saccharide, slightly more > complex. In the medical world, they just jump right > from duo-saccharides to poly-saccharides, i.e., > complex sugars. Whole grains are complex sugars, i.e., > complex carbohydrates. The sugars in meat are > considered complex. Simple sugars assimilate and are > metabolized very quickly, giving a rush of energy. > Complex sugars metabolize more slowly, giving a > gradual energy release. That's why the standard > medical diet for hypoglycemia is a high-protein diet. > Today's whole grains have what is called a high > glycemic index, which simply means that they turn into > simple sugars more quickly than the whole grains of > 100 years ago. > > In the last few years, more attention has been paid to > the varying complexities of the sugars found between > fructose and "complex" sugars. Products like Mannitol > focus on this idea. > > Terry Chamberlin > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
