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"But fructose is is the core of many fruits which are considered as healthy."

No, the core of many fruits considered healthy is FIBER(mainly cellulose) . We do not metabolize fiber but fiber has three important effects on us:

1) It is "in between" the sugar, lowering the effective concentration of sugar on blood. When you drink sodas all the sugar goes to the blood in a very short amount of time, this creates emergency responses on the blood control systems:

Biological control systems are very similar to PID controllers(we copied them from nature), with things like overshooting happening.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overshoot_%28signal%29

This is the reason a lot of tennis players eat bananas now in between the game.

2) Fiber creates an environment to bacteria on our intestines to live. This bacteria flora helps us a lot in a lot of ways.

3)Fiber makes easier to transport waste as it hydrates.

This of course is an oversimplification, but you get the idea.



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