Fruit is an optimal carbohydrate for the human body it contains the disaccharide, sucrose. Sucrose is broken down into glucose and fructose. Despite all the debate around fructose, what has been shown is that fructose inhibits the release of insulin by glucose. In people with impaired insulin function/sensitivity fructose can be beneficial as it stimulates the enzymes needed to bring sugars into the cells. According to Ray Peat, PhD, Potassium plays a vital role in delivery of glucose into the cell without causing a drop in blood sugar, that happens when insulin alone is used to perform this function. Fructose has the ability to by-pass fatty acid inhibition of glucose metabolism leaving it available for oxidation when glucose is not. The metabolism of diabetes involves the oxidation of fatty acids instead of glucose, suggesting that the ingestion of fructose would be appropriate in the management of metabolic dysglycemia. Instead Diabetics are encouraged to eat whole grains, beans and "complex carbs" (glucose) and avoid sugars. Ray Peat suggests that it is the fructose and sucrose that should be used instead because they will not cause the cascade of hormonal problems that glucose will. Fructose doesn’t just increase glucose metabolism, but increases the whole metabolism. Some experiments have shown a 50% increase in metabolic <b>…</b>
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