High-fructose corn syrup has long been portrayed as a major villain in the American diet. But a new school of thought contends that plain old table sugar or even all-natural honey can be just as ...

They break down cornstarch into corn syrup, which is almost entirely glucose. Then they add enzymes that convert some glucose into fructose, creating high-fructose corn syrup. Processed food and drink ...

Excess fructose, especially from sugary drinks, juices, and processed foods, harms health by overloading the liver and ...

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 ...

For the first time, scientists have unraveled just how high levels of fructose affect the body, flipping a genetic switch as it's broken down – one that primes your immune system to overreact to ...

FOR much of 2009, Michael Locascio, an executive at ConAgra Foods, watched with concern as the bad news about high-fructose corn syrup kept coming. In January, there were studies showing that samples ...

Along with glucose, fructose is one of the two primary components of added sugar. Some health experts believe fructose is the worse of the two, at least when consumed in excess. Fructose is a type of ...

Researchers have demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to ...

High fructose intake is increasingly linked to fatty liver disease, as studies show sugar overload stresses the liver more than commonly blamed junk foods.