# Does all food metabolize into glucose?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-all-food-metabolize-into-glucose/416012>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 18, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-all-food-metabolize-into-glucose/416012 "2007-08-18T01:12:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-all-food-metabolize-into-glucose/416012/21 "2007-08-22T16:58:55Z")

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[QUOTE=mr. jp]  
Are you saying you’re a **rocket scientist**?! If so, you sure are the stereotypical smart guy. Anyway, you are one of very few posters who I click on to look at all his recent posts. Keep up the good work. 🙂  
[/QUOTE]  
More of a rocket engineer, and even that sounds much sexier than it actually is, particularly at the moment. Thanks for the compliment, though.

Stranger

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