Fructose can be found in table sugar, fruit, and vegetables. (M.A. Ortega/Moment/Getty Images) With obesity rates increasing ...

Whether you’re looking to regulate your blood glucose levels or protect your waistline, finding sugar-free alternatives can be tough when it can be found in almost anything you eat. Sugar is made up ...

Share on Pinterest Fructose contributes to obesity by slowing down metabolism, study suggests. Image credit: Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images. New research suggests that fructose — a simple ...

Despite consuming the same calories, some mice gained less weight due to microbiome-linked changes in fat absorption.

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected link between fructose and the spread of an aggressive form of ovarian cancer.

Fructose, a form of sugar linked to obesity and diabetes, is converted in the human brain from glucose, according to a new study. The finding raises questions about fructose's effects on the brain and ...

Sorbitol, a sugar alcohol commonly used in sugar-free candy, gum, and other low-calorie foods, may not be as harmless as it seems. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that the body ...

Found in honey and fruit, fructose is a natural sugar. Made from corn, the man-made sweetener high fructose corn syrup is either 55 or 42 percent fructose, and the remainder of the ingredients are ...

Share on Pinterest Research shows that fructose, especially in ultra-processed foods, may increase the risk of metabolic diseases. Image Credit: Ivan Solis/Stocksy A recent study has shown that ...

Excessive consumption of fructose—a sweetener ubiquitous in the American diet—can result in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is comparably abundant in the United States. But contrary ...

Hereditary fructose intolerance is a genetic disorder. Your body lacks the necessary protein or enzyme that’s needed to break down fructose when you have fructose intolerance. That means your body can ...