Does beta-oxidation from burning fats produce less ROS/calorie than glycolysis + ETC from burning carbohydrates?

I heard that glycolysis produces less ROS per calorie than ETC (from one source), even tho glycolysis produces many reactive intermediates like glyceraldehyde-6-phosphate

I’ve been switching my calorie consumption more towards nuts/MUFAs lately, and wonder how this is affecting the ROS production in my cells. Carbs also increase blood glucose, which, like, produces damage during transport that is on top of ROS-related damage from the intracellular calculations you do, but some carbs don’t increase blood glucose as much

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