Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!dd26+ From: dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. DeJulio) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Glucose Digestion Message-ID:Date: 8 Jul 88 21:48:40 GMT References: <5193@super.upenn.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 12 In-Reply-To: <5193@super.upenn.edu> *Excerpts from ext.nn.sci.bio: 27-Jun-88 Glucose Digestion Siufai* *Li@eniac.seas.upe (237)* > I have been told that humans can only digest R-glucose, but not L-glucose. > But that both taste as sweet. Therefore to get really rich, find a cheap > way to make L-glucose. Can anyone in netland confirm/deny this rumor? The rumor is true: there are two varieties of glucose, both taste sweet, only one is metabolized properly. If I remember correctly, the 'wrong' type of glucose does mean nasty ugly things to the liver or kidneys. Doug.deJ