Heres and article you may find interesting. Trish Glucose And Fructose Increase Fat In Bloodstream April 7, 1999 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- The amount of fat the body absorbs after a meal is greater when that meal includes sugar, and the type of sugar makes little difference, according to nutritionists. Dr. Richard Mattes, a professor in the Department of Foods and Nutrition at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, told Reuters Health that glucose raises the level of triglycerides in the bloodstream just as much as fructose, the type of sugar that comes from fruit and is commonly found in soda. Glucose and fructose make up sucrose, or table sugar, and previous studies had suggested that fructose increased fat absorption from the intestines but that glucose did not. In a study appearing in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Mattes and colleagues tested fat levels in the blood of 22 subjects who on four different occasions consumed milkshakes made alternatively with no sugar, fructose, glucose, and with aspartame, an artificial sweetener. Fat levels were checked after fasting and before the study participants drank the milkshakes, then every 2 hours for 8 hours. The investigators found that the amount of fat absorbed from sugar-sweetened shakes was 38% to 60% more than from the unsweetened or artificially-sweetened shakes, and that the fat stayed in the bloodstream longer after the milkshakes were consumed. "Some people say fructose is better for you because it doesn't cause the same rise in insulin levels after a meal, which is important to diabetics," explained Mattes. "But it seems to be particularly good at raising triglycerides after a meal high in fat." The message for consumers, he said, is that "you can't look at one component in food in isolation. There is an interaction between sugar and fat that influences blood levels of fat." SOURCE: Journal of the American College of Nutrition 1999;18. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.