High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch that is used to sweeten many processed foods and ...

Just glance at grocery store aisles and the prominent role of sweeteners becomes evident. From the many kinds of bulk sugars for sale, to the world of diet sodas, and the unsuspecting sweeteners ...

The way cancer cells process fructose has not been closely studied by researchers. A new study shows that some leukemia cells can break down fructose using a different metabolic pathway. This raises ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS — A Washington University study is ...

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 ...

Gary Patti, the Michael and Tana Powell Professor of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences and a professor of genetics and of medicine at the School of Medicine, all at WashU. Fructose consumption has ...

Recent evidence indicates that fructose is a pro-inflammatory molecule. Oral fructose induces serum and kidney inflammatory intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in rats. Fructose also induces ...

All-too-common fructose — found in table sugar and high fructose corn syrup, used widely in everyday foods like ketchup — has long been considered a major reason why Americans pack on the pounds. Now, ...

Fructose is a sugar that occurs naturally in fruits, vegetables, and honey. Fructose malabsorption is a type of food sensitivity that affects 40% of those in the Western hemisphere. As with other food ...