Fructose in energy drinks

nicensleazy

Should we be worried about Fructose in energy drinks that we use when cycling? However, when you look at the ingredients in yogurts, HP sauce and many other day to day things, Fructose keeps cropping up. Looking at the reports, apparently there are links between Fructose and diabetes!

Seanos

No. It's just sugar.

vitesse169

fructose and maltodextrin are now used in the 'super carbs' energy drinks by many manufacturers - the right mix gives a real boost to performance, apparantly...

fast as fupp

nicensleazy wrote:

Should we be worried about Fructose in energy drinks that we use when cycling? However, when you look at the ingredients in yogurts, HP sauce and many other day to day things, Fructose keeps cropping up. Looking at the reports, apparently there are links between Fructose and diabetes!

probably in fat blerts who sit on their ar$es eating cake all day

Bunneh

lol, some do think that drinking energy drinks will help them lose weight whilst lifting the TV remote.

Le Commentateur

It's used because it is cheaper than sucrose sugar and is easier to work with (in liquid form, with different grades of sweetness, depending on what food product you are manufacturing).

Apparently research with mice suggests that suggests that excessive consumption of fructose derived from corn syrup can increase obesity, hence perhaps the link with a risk of diabetes.

Mike Healey

A mix of glucose and fructose is more efficiently absorbed because they are absorbed by different receptors in the stomach lining, so a mixture is absorbed more quickly than the same total of glucose. Can't remember the ratios but I think that the glucose/fructose proportions should be 2:1.