Muscle Glycogen

[Poyner]

I have read a few articles about fructose and how it doesn't restore muscle glycogen. I was wondering if anyone else has seen this, and what they think.

[hailtotheking]

Bull. Fructose will enter the bloodstream eventually as glucose like any other carbohydrate, and will get into muscle. However, there are perhaps some other specific problems with fructose, but i think they'd only occur in large doses http://www.myprotein.co.uk/forum/sho...light=fructose

[Ripped Barbarian]

It has to be converted in the liver to glucose, so it's not gonna be used as quickly as pure glucose but afaik it will still restore muscle glycogen.........otherwise a fruit bat wouldn't exist.

[hailtotheking]

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it will still restore muscle glycogen.........otherwise a fruit bat wouldn't exist.

Point well made - although i dont know what else a fruit bat has in its diet (if anything else) that would contribute to its muscle glycogen

[Resurrected]

Fruit Bat Poo????

[MartinM]

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I have read a few articles about fructose and how it doesn't restore muscle glycogen. I was wondering if anyone else has seen this, and what they think.

I think these articles are basically that fructose will restore liver glycogen more preferentially.

[James Copping]

Too much fructose IS bad! Try to stay under 50g a day(this is a fair bit mind u)