Question

What is the importance of reducing sugars and non reducing sugars
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Answer 1

Reducing sugar intake lowers specifically the risk of developing overweight and obesity, and in turn in developing diabetes.

Answer 2

The reducing sugars are mainly monosaccharides where all polysaccharides are non-reducing sugars. The reducing sugar can reduce the capric ions of the Fehling or the Benedict solution into the cuprous ions whereas, the reduction of cupric ions into the cuprous ions is not achieved in the non-reducing sugars.