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Aug 10, 2023 1:14 PM
Unlike glucose, which is metabolised throughout the body, fructose is primarily metabolised in the liver. Excessive fructose intake can overwhelm the liver’s capacity to process it, leading to the conversion of fructose into fat molecules, which are then stored in the liver as well as in the adipose tissue, says Dr Subhash Kumar Wangnoo, Senior Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi