Your body wastes more energy as heat when it turns fructose into fuel compared to glucose, because fructose needs extra steps and more energy just to get started.

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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 found that when people eat fructose, their bodies waste more energy as heat compared to eating glucose, which means fructose is less efficient at turning food into usable energy — just like 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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