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Sucrose: Detrimental Health Effects Even at Modest Doses

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Sucrose is the chemical name for table sugar. Structurally, sucrose is a disaccharide composed of a molecule of fructose and a molecule of glucose. Sucrose ingestion results in hydrolysis of the glycosidic bond between the two sugars to produce glucose … Continue reading →

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