Sina Ghaffarnejad
9/30/2014
Periodic-als Molecule Profile
Molecule Selected: Fructose
Why did you select this Molecule?
It plays such a huge effect on life, i would like to learn more about it.
How is this Molecule important/relavent to your life?
Fructose produces energy for your body like glucose.
Facts Source 1
Source 1 Title: Facts About Fructose
MLA Citation: Facts About Fructose, September 2009, http://www.fructose.org/pdf/ADAFructosefactsheetfinal.pdf
Facts Source 2
Source 2 Title: Myth vs. Facts
MLA Citation: http://sweetsurprise.com/hfcs-myths-and-facts
9/30/2014
Periodic-als Molecule Profile
Molecule Selected: Fructose
Why did you select this Molecule?
It plays such a huge effect on life, i would like to learn more about it.
How is this Molecule important/relavent to your life?
Fructose produces energy for your body like glucose.
Facts Source 1
Source 1 Title: Facts About Fructose
MLA Citation: Facts About Fructose, September 2009, http://www.fructose.org/pdf/ADAFructosefactsheetfinal.pdf
- Fructose is a simple sugar that occurs naturally in foods.
- It gives fruits their sweet taste
- Crystalline fructose obtained from processing corn or sugar is used in food and beverages as a nutritive sweetener
- It’s roughly 1.2 times the sweetness of table sugar in most food applications.
- crystalline fructose became available as a food ingredient about 20 years ago.
- Crystalline fructose is simply pure fructose in crystalline form. It’s 100% fructose. High-fructose corn syrup is composed of nearly equal amounts of fructose and glucose.
- crystalline fructose improves product texture, taste and stability
- Fructose is a valuable, traditional source of food energy, and there is no basis for recommending increases or decreases in its use in the general food supply or in special dietary use products
- People will continue to demand a greater variety of low-calorie products as they strive to make healthier food choices.
- Fructose occurs naturally, for example, in fruits, vegetables and their juices and honey
- The primary uses for crystalline fructose include dry mix beverages
- There is growing agreement among obesity experts that fructose does not promote obesity any more than other carbohydrates.
- Fructose has a low Glycemic Index
Facts Source 2
Source 2 Title: Myth vs. Facts
MLA Citation: http://sweetsurprise.com/hfcs-myths-and-facts
- Its a myth that Sugar is healthier than high fructose corn syrup.
- Its a myth that High fructose corn syrup is to blame for obesity and diabetes.
- Its a myth that High fructose corn syrup is not natural.
- Its a myth that High fructose corn syrup is sweeter than sugar.
- Its a myth that High fructose corn syrup is high in fructose.
- Its a myth that Studies conducted with pure fructose can be applied to high fructose corn syrup.
- Its a myth that High fructose corn syrup is metabolized differently and blocks the body’s ability to know when it is full.
- Its a myth that High fructose corn syrup is unsafe because it can be made from genetically modified (GMO) corn.
- Its a myth that High fructose corn syrup is banned in the European Union.
- Its a myth that High fructose corn syrup is subsidized.