Quote[/b] (Gene @ Jan. 09 2003,2:36)]First of all, fructose is not insulogenic. A small fraction of glucose (20% if I remember correctly) replenishes liver glycogen as well, but I I said that fructose was 'superfluous' and deleterious in this regard because the stimulation of liver glycogen formation exerts a suppressive effect on fat oxidation.
I just see no good reasons to purposely add it, dieting or not. It's true that most of the "evil" factors are present when fructose is taken in high amounts, and exacerbated when it is taken alone, but when using it as sweetener, obtaining it from fruits, we tend to get enough.
Some of the indirect mechanisms by which fructose results in added weight gain is perhaps why it is added in small (sometimes, not so small) amounts in weight gainers.
The reasons for why it is added to performance drinks like Gatorade should be quite obvious, and have nothing to do with performance.
RE: what you had written before you edited your post
I'm sorry you feel that way. It's not reflective of my current sentiments, but also not reflective of my past sentiments at the time. It was just a comment out of frustration, and if you re-read carefully (without the preconceived notion implied previously) you'd notice my reasons. In some aspects, I do admit that I was wrong, and have admitted this to some people who have brought it up with my privately. But I still think that it has no bearing on the correctness on what I say now or in the future, and I am within my rights to questions anything and anyone I want so long as it has basis in substance. I'll send you a PM when I get home if you still have issue with it.
Kind regards
Gene