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A 3-year-old girl has been a fussy eater since being weaned, particularly when fruit is part of her diet. She would get cranky, sweat, and display dizziness, and lethargy, after eating a meal with fruit. Her mother noticed this correlation, and as long as fruit was withdrawn from her diet, the child did not display such symptoms. The problems the girl exhibits when eating fruit is most likely due to which one of the following?

ADecreased levels of fructose in the blood
BElevated levels of glyceraldehyde in liver cells
CHigh levels of sucrose in the stool
DElevated levels of fructose-1-phosphate in liver cells
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