I could write a lot about how I found it - but everyone is different. Instead I'll mention that in the 90s there was a study New Scientist reported in regard to a simple experiment involving the influence of fructose on fat / weight gain -- one lot of rats were fed a diet striped of fructose, along with iirc a couple of other sets of rats on differing diets. The ones with less fructose didn't put on as much weight as those on higher fructose diets. Around 2010 iirc Harvard was starting to publish research into the role fructose plays. [1] [2] There's also one good paper on how fructose increases villi length but I'm unable to find the reference I had in mind, the only one a search turned up was behind a pay wall. ( Edit: [3] [4] in regard to pay walled [5] Dietary fructose improves intestinal cell survival and nutrient absorption)
The main thing IMO with adopting dextrose (glucose) is availability and price. I'm happy enough to pay $3 aud per Kg for dextrose though I hope it doesn't go up any more. (Imported product, Aussie dollar has slipped)
Minor issues are fiddling with recipes that rely on sucrose and the stiffer structure on heating it forms - sometimes it's never quite the same. However the web more often than not has suggestions to get close enough.
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Is there any benefit of switching to glucose for our sugar needs?
I could write a lot about how I found it - but everyone is different. Instead I'll mention that in the 90s there was a study New Scientist reported in regard to a simple experiment involving the influence of fructose on fat / weight gain -- one lot of rats were fed a diet striped of fructose, along with iirc a couple of other sets of rats on differing diets. The ones with less fructose didn't put on as much weight as those on higher fructose diets. Around 2010 iirc Harvard was starting to publish research into the role fructose plays. [1] [2] There's also one good paper on how fructose increases villi length but I'm unable to find the reference I had in mind, the only one a search turned up was behind a pay wall. ( Edit: [3] [4] in regard to pay walled [5] Dietary fructose improves intestinal cell survival and nutrient absorption)
The main thing IMO with adopting dextrose (glucose) is availability and price. I'm happy enough to pay $3 aud per Kg for dextrose though I hope it doesn't go up any more. (Imported product, Aussie dollar has slipped)
Minor issues are fiddling with recipes that rely on sucrose and the stiffer structure on heating it forms - sometimes it's never quite the same. However the web more often than not has suggestions to get close enough.
[1] https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fru... [2011]
[2] https://www.sci.news/medicine/high-fat-plus-fructose-diet-li... [2019]
[3] https://nutritionreview.org/2021/09/how-fructose-in-the-diet...
[4] https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/925793
[5] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03827-2
Edit - 3, 4 and 5 along with fixing a typo for clarity.