Fructose Is One of the Three Dietary Monosaccharides, along with Galactose

Posted by Coherent Market insights on December 28th, 2020

Fructose is a monosaccharide found in many plants, where it is often bound to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose. It is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with galactose and glucose, which are absorbed directly into the blood during digestion. Fructose is found in root vegetables, berries, flowers, tree and vine fruits, and honey. Fructose is also found naturally in fruit (such as bananas, apples, oranges, etc.) and many other foods. It can play an important role in daily diets when consumed in the appropriate amounts. The majority of fruit juices are high in fructose, which can increase your insulin levels, cause your appetite to increase, and reduce your calorie consumption. Fructose consumption should be limited to one-third of daily calorie consumption. It is a naturally occurring sugar that occurs in many fruits, including some kinds of grapes and fruit trees. It is also produced by bacteria in the stomach and other parts of the body.

Fructose is an inactive form of sugar in the human body and does not metabolize into glucose nor does it reach the liver to be absorbed for energy. Fructose molecules containing a head-shape areomeric site are attached to high-energy plasma protein that is transported to the mitochondria of the cells for energy production. There, the head-shape amino acid pools with the glucose and fructose and is eventually stored as glycogen. Fructose does not enter the mitochondria of the cells for energy production, instead, it undergoes multiple chemical processes that deactivate it. It can be metabolized into glucose and stored as glycogen if it is broken down further through another process.

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