When you eat fructose (like in soda), your body burns more calories digesting it than when you eat the same amount of sugar from glucose (like in bread), because your liver has to work harder to turn fructose into usable energy.

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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 13

This study looked at multiple human experiments and found that fructose makes your body burn more calories during digestion than glucose, because it’s harder for your liver to process—exactly what the claim says.

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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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DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-10-54

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