Fructose – one of the most popular substitutes of sugar – has both harmful, and useful properties. For diabetics who can't eat products with glucose this real rescue – fructose is soaked up in blood without insulin participation. On the other hand, abuse of this product can cause problems with excess weight and various diseases.
Fructose – one of types of natural sugars which at the caloric content equal to sugar, several times is more sweet than it. This substance in the natural form contains in many sweet fruit, berries and even vegetables and also makes about a half of content of honey. Fructose is acquired by a human body without insulin participation therefore three times increases sugar level in blood more slowly.
Advantage of fructose
The advantage of fructose is obvious to the people suffering from diabetes. This disease makes impossible digestion of the glucose which is contained in the majority of sweet products as production of insulin is reduced. And for digestion of fructose insulin isn't required therefore diabetics are able to afford some sweeties, confectionery and also fruit and berries.
Though a large number of products with fructose in structure leads to increase in sugar in blood too therefore also sick diabetes it is necessary to monitor their consumption.
Fruit sugar has high nutritional value, fills an organism with energy quicker, than traditional sugar. Honey and other products containing this substance provide with nutritive matters a brain and other internals much better, than chocolate or usual sweeties. Fructose has the toning properties, it allows an organism to be restored quickly after strong loadings or diseases. Therefore after the wearisome trainings it is useful for athletes to add to the diet products with this substitute of sugar. Fructose is useful that it accelerates splitting of alcohol in blood of the person. This substance has ability to absorb moisture, as a result the period of storage of products raises. Unlike sugar, it improves taste and aroma of a dish, and not just does it by sweet.
On the other hand, yeast dough on fructose rises much more slowly, and pastries turn out less magnificent.
Harm of fructose
Fructose is quickly acquired by an organism, being almost completely absorbed by cells of a liver. There this substance is transformed to free fatty acids, in a word, turns into usual fat which at excessive consumption of sweet begins to collect. As a result those people who abuse this substitute of sugar have an obesity. Fructose is a food supplement, but not food product, to it it is necessary to treat as spice and to add in small amounts, otherwise it will become harmful. Many people who got used to sugar forget that this substance much more with pleasure and continues to be put on two spoons of sweetener in tea or a large number in pastries, as a result sugar level in blood increases, and the amount of subcutaneous fat increases.