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Fructose: the Calorie That Isn'T Just A Calorie

A new review finds fructose acts less like ordinary fuel and more like a metabolic signal that promotes fat storage and chronic disease; these books trace the science, the history, and the food-industry forces that made liquid sugar ubiquitous.

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6 booksApril 25, 2026
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  1. Sweetness and Power

    1. Sweetness and Power

    Mintz traces the historical rise of sugar and helps readers contextualize why fructose became ubiquitous in modern...
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  2. Glucose Revolution

    2. Glucose Revolution

    Provides practical, physiology-focused advice about blood sugar and glucose dynamics useful for readers connecting...
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  3. Unsavory Truth

    3. Unsavory Truth

    Nestle exposes how the food industry shapes research and policy, explaining corporate drivers behind widespread...
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    4. Rethinking Diabetes

    Taubes offers a skeptical, investigative look at nutritional science and the research debates that inform claims about...
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  5. Food Fix Uncensored

    5. Food Fix Uncensored

    Hyman connects dietary patterns to chronic disease and public-health interventions relevant to fructose-driven...
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  6. Food Chemistry

    6. Food Chemistry

    A technical reference on food chemistry that helps readers understand how fructose and sweeteners are processed,...
    Shelf signal: Food Science
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