FRUCTOSE: On a dry weight basis, dates can have over 30% fructose,

chicory roots 22%, onion bulbs 16%, tamarind and turmeric 12%, orange
2.4%, hops 2.0%, and grapefruit 1.2%, on a calculated dry weight basis.
There are heriditary diseases like fructosuria and hereditary fructose
intolerance. The amount we can digest seems to be related to what other
sugars, esp. glucose, are in the GI tract. The fructose:glucose ratio is
important. Fructose is believe to cross the intestinal brush border only by
facilitated diffusion with the aid of a protein carrier molecule. Glucose
crosses thu these cellular membranes both fy facilitated diffusion and by
energy-requiring active transport. This may explain the greater incidence of
fructose vs glucose malabsoprtion. USDA figures suggest we are close to a
48:21 fructose:glucose ratio. Sorbitol makes things worse requiring
fructokinase for its metabolism. Sorbose from which sorbitol is made is a
stereoisomer of fructose. Look for more fructose intolerance as technology
alters our ratios in the future, taking us farther from our paleolithic
frugivorous ratios. (Levin, 1996).
Levin, B. 1996. Honey and fructose malabsorption. QRNM (Spr.):41-2.