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Where is fructose metabolised?
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Fructose is Sugar: In the gut as it is absorbed. It is sugar and that is all it is or will become unless there is too much and then the liver will metabolize it and turn it into fat storage molecules known as triglycerides.
Answered 8/27/2014
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