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A comment on Fructose: The Poison Index.

Re:Fructose: The Poison Index by wyager on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @12:12AM (#6589751)
More alarmism.

>Fizzy drinks can have a 'serum fructose concentration of six micromolar, enough to do major arterial and pancreatic damage'.

You're telling me that if I replace my blood with fizzy drinks, it could do major arterial and pancreatic damage? Wow, who knew?

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Re:Fructose: The Poison Index by sliverstorm on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @01:59AM (#6590021)
Your snip caught my attention, because "serum" usually refers to "blood serum". Indeed, if we read further:

a 20oz soda RESULTS IN a serum fructose concentration of six micromolar

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