Fructose

Yesterday, I came across a great article about fructose, which is the sugar found in fruit. The article by Cassandra Forsythe talks about how fructose can sidetrack your weightloss goals. As I have talked about before on this blog, fructose is not good for fat loss, but most people today take in more fructose than they think. Fructose can only be used by the liver, and our livers can only hold so much. Everything in excess of the livers capability is stored as body fat. So where are some secret sources of fructose. Many salad dressings, ketchup, and any other products that contain high fructose corn syrup. HFCS is everywhere today. Check your labels before you eat because you may find HFCS in many things that you do not expect. Regular sugar is also a big source of fructose because sugar is a combination of glucose and fructose. Fructose can very easily sabotage your fat loss goals so be careful how much of it you consume. Make sure to limit the amount of fruit, especially dried fruit, you eat and watch out for hidden sources of fructose in added sugars and high fructose corn syrup.

Yesterdays Top Performers
Male Bill 10+5+5 rounds with 275lbs deadlift
Female Ashley 6+3 rounds with 155lbs deadlift

Workout of the Day
3x100ft farmers walk
2x max time farmers walk hold
500m row