- Sugar with Half the Consequences | SFM E23 Adam Braus 40:59
Americans eat too much sugar. Obviously! But it might be more complicated than that. Recent science suggests that fructose might be more of a culprit than glucose when it comes to heart disease and even asthma. Could we still eat sweets if we cut back the fructose?
References:
Fructose absorption – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1993
Review article: fructose malabsorption and the bigger picture – Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2006
Comparison of free fructose and glucose to sucrose in the ability to cause fatty liver – European Journal of Nutrition 2010
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