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fructose

noun as in carbohydrate

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noun as in sugar

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They compared the immune response after drinking beverages sweetened with fructose to the response after drinking glucose-sweetened beverages.

"By targeting fructose metabolism, we may be able to break this cycle and develop new treatments for both alcohol addiction and liver disease."

Uric acid levels fell sharply, and liver cells no longer accumulated fat when exposed to fructose.

The results show that the combination of the two drugs reverses the fat accumulation in the liver induced by a diet high in fat and fructose.

Coca-Cola products sold in the U.S. have been sweetened with high fructose corn syrup since the 1980s.