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Yes, glucose is needed and fabricated by the body, but one of the things the body does with glucose is synthesise glycogen.
Glycogen is stored in the muscles and liver. Now, glucose is good for replenishing both, fructose is bad at replenishing muscle glycogen.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3592616
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Yes, glucose is needed and fabricated by the body, but one of the things the body does with glucose is synthesise glycogen.
Glycogen is stored in the muscles and liver. Now, glucose is good for replenishing both, fructose is bad at replenishing muscle glycogen.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3592616