Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unc.unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Sugar - harmless, no - deadly, yes Message-ID: <126@unc.unc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 17:39:53 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.126 Posted: Sat Aug 10 17:39:53 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 23:23:31 EDT References: <1053@cbdkc1.UUCP><40@unc.UUCP> <681@gatech.CSNET> <2839a2c3.3b@apollo.uucp> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 17 Summary: > Honey may not contain sucrose, but it also does not contain any > fructose. Honey contains about 85% glucose, at least, > thats what I remember from biology, whereas sucrose is only 50%. Impossible. Sucrose contains NO glucose and NO fructose. Sucrose contains only sucrose. Or did you mean to say that _table sugar_ is half glucose? This I've never heard before. > We all know that it is the glucose thats the problem, > not sucrose or fructose. I didn't know this. Does anybody know whether this is true, or have any explanation? Frank Silbermann