February 20/Louisville/HealthDay News -- The common food and beverage sweetener fructose often gets a bad rap when it comes to causing weight gain, but a new study suggests it may not be any worse for putting on pounds than other sugars.
The new study suggests it is the sheer number of daily calories that drives weight gain, not their source. Fructose is found naturally in fruits, while high-fructose corn syrup, which contains about half fructose and half glucose, is ubiquitous in sodas, sweets and other processed foods and beverages.