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When you eat extra calories from fructose, sugar, or glucose, your body burns more total calories in a day — but it doesn’t matter which sugar you eat, the effect is the same.
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Effects of fructose-containing caloric sweeteners on resting energy expenditure and energy efficiency: a review of human trials
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2013 Aug 13This study found that when people ate extra calories from fructose, sucrose, or glucose, their bodies burned more calories overall — and it didn’t matter which sugar they ate. So, eating too much is what makes you burn more, not the type of sugar.
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