Let's talk sugar for a moment. First, I don't have a medical background. I'm just determined to figure out what's going on, and am sharing what I've found out through online research. I'm trying to explain enough to form a basis for making reasonable nutritional choices.
The three simple sugars (monosaccharides):
- glucose: the primary fuel for our bodies.
- fructose: processed slowly in the liver, and even slower by some people (maybe me?); stored by fat if too much is consumed at once.
- galactose: primarily found in dairy; apparently easily processed in quantity by the body.
Although fructose is considered sweeter than glucose, to me it has what I think of as the "high" sweet, while glucose is the more mellow note. I'm not quite sure where the galactose fits. Think of these three as K'nex or Tinker Toys. Hook simple sugars together in a variety of ways, and you get other sugars.