Please clarify: can fructose be stored in muscles?

[Sim882]

I am hoping for some clarification on an issue:

Can the sugars in fruit, (fructose) be stored in the muscles?

I know they get metabolised in the liver first, but can then be stored in muscles?

If they can't, it would seem that eating fruit would be a pretty quick way of getting fat (do any veggies contain fructose?)

 

[poysyn]

fructose isn't directly utilized by muscles, but it is converted to glycogen which is..

eating fruit can be a pretty quick way of getting fat if you are eating it when your glycogen levels are high..I would typically try to avoid fruit on most cuts for this reasons, although some fruit will not hurt if eaten at the right times