What if the sugar we consume, or even the sugar our own bodies produce, could increase the risk of cancer? That’s the question driving groundbreaking research by Hyeyoung Nam, Ph.D., instructor in the ...

Diabetes. 2005;54(6):1615-1625. The polyol pathway, shown schematically in Fig. 2, focuses on the enzyme aldose reductase. Aldose reductase normally has the function of reducing toxic aldehydes in the ...

NEW YORK: Fructose -- simple sugar found in fruits, vegetables, table sugar, and many processed foods -- is converted in the human brain from glucose, according to a new study. Previous studies have ...

Using a gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) method with stable isotope internal standards, 3 we measured concentrations of sorbitol and its polyol pathway metabolite, fructose, as well as ...

Carbohydrates with high glycaemic index are proposed to promote the development of obesity, insulin resistance and fatty liver, but the mechanism by which this occurs remains unknown. High serum ...