On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, kelly baggett wrote:

> Individuals trying to replenish muscle glycogen using sources of fruit will
> typically find this doesn't work very well as fructose (fruit sugar) is used
> to preferentially replenish liver glycogen.

This is odd.  Glycogen is hydrated glucose, and very little
fructose is converted to glucose.  On the other hand "fruit
sugar" is actually a mix of fructose, glucose, and sucrose, which
is itself half glucose and half fructose.  According to what I
have read fructose tends to be converted to triglyceride.

Todd Moody
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