Fructose+and+Glucose-Regina

Regina L. Felder Diagrams of molecules. Part 1

Image above from left to right- Fructose and Glucose [|dl.clackamas.edu]-Fructose [|staff.jccc.net] - Glucose
 * Image Citation:**

[|Fructose] is not a surprising ingredients you see on the Nutrition Label of your favorite foods. You can most likely see the word fructose in an ingredient called [|“High Fructose Corn Syrup”] which is 55% fructose.[|Glucose] makes up the rest of HFCS with 45%. Fructose and glucose are types of sugar but they're monosaccharides. Same as sugar and glucose the chemical formula is no different: **C6H12O6**.You can naturally find these monosaccharides in some **vegetables, fruits, honey**.


 * Nutritional Information**

//•What type of nutrient/chemical is it?// Fructose and Glucose is a carbohydrate.

•//What happens if there is too much or too little of this nutrient in your diet? What human body systems are most affected by this?//

One deficiency of fructose and glucose is it causes diabetes and obesity. Here’s some information about it:

Diabetes is a disorder affecting the way the body produces and uses insulin and how it handles blood glucose. Insulin is essential for aiding glucose transport into cells. People with type I diabetes do not produce insulin, whereas those with type II diabetes either do not produce enough insulin or cannot efficiently use the insulin their bodies make. Factors such as overweight and obesity, lack of physical activity, and genetic predisposition all increase the risk for type II diabetes. When consuming to much of the sugar it creates excess body fat.Excess body fat results when people do not balance their energy (caloric) input with energy output. Extra calories may come from any caloric nutrient—proteins, fats, alcohol and carbohydrates including starches and sugars such as fructose. Lack of physical activity plays a significant role in promoting body fat accumulation and development of obesity.

Diagram of the molecule.Part 2 (Chemical Structure Form)

Images from top to bottom- Fructose and Glucose [|commons.wikimedia.org]-Fructose [|upload.wikimedia.org]- Glucose
 * Images Citations:**

http://www.hfcsfacts.com/ http://www.ific.org/publications/qa/fructoseqa.cfm