My whey protein powder contains maltodextrin and fructose. No artificial sweeteners. Which is why I bought it. But I was listening to a doctor's radio show and he said that fructose triggers fat production and elevates triglycerides, because it reacts differently in the body than normal sugar. It also does not suppress the hunger mechanism but elevates it. The only 2 types of whey powder i can find either have fructose/maltodextrin or artificial sweeteners. I want to avoid artificials at all cost. Any ideas on this? Is fructose really a bad choice?

More than likely your powder contains minimal malto/fructose. I'm only guessing though. What brand are you looking at/using?

Right now I'm using ProLab N-Large2. The label is confusing. On the front it says 52g protein per serving. On the back it says per 4 scoop serving 152g. below that it says in 52g of protein powder there is 30g of sugars. I don't use the same brand all the time. I'd support JSF links but it's really expensive to bring "em over the line up here. Even the ones that are made here are expensive I think. So I go where I can get a reasonable deal. Usually pay any where from $28 dollars to $35 dollars Can for a 3.8lb. tub.

Look for an unflavored kind. What I do is use the unflavored kind (ATW) and combine it with gatorade. Maybe not as good as pure dextrose/malto but I'm not that anal about pwo shakes.

But I was listening to a doctor's radio show and he said that fructose triggers fat production and elevates triglycerides, because it reacts differently in the body than normal sugar

Triggers fat production????

I think he's talking about HFCS (high fructose corn syrup). Fructose doesn't produce an insulin response the way sugar does. It is processed in the liver first. An overabundance of calories triggers fat production....not one specific thing (someone reads one study about mice who pound back a whole bunch of sugar water and then regurgetate it on a call-in show should know better than that).

It's all about balancing your cals burned versus how much you take in. Only with having a rough idea of your intake can you start attributing fat gain to one thing or the next.

Plus how much fructose are we talking about??? it's probably a pretty small percentage of a scoop. I wouldn't get to hung up on this....