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Re:Being Happy With Sugar by wmil on Friday June 06, 2014 @04:14PM (#7860062)
Glucose fuels the brain. Fructose doesn't. And while more research needs to be done there's a lot of evidence that some people respond poorly to fructose.
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Re:Being Happy With Sugar by rnnr on Friday June 06, 2014 @07:43PM (#7860790)
Correct. Furthermore, if the subject is in ketosis, there is an adaptation which your brain becomes 'glucose free'. That's the whole point of keto diets.
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