High Fructose Corn Syrup found to kill animals almost twice as fast as table sugar – SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 5, 2015 – When University of Utah biologists fed mice sugar in doses proportional to what many people eat, the… Read More ›
Fructose
High Fructose Corn Syrup a Natural Sugar, Totally Debunked
Excerpt: In the current study, Chi-Tang Ho, Ph.D., conducted chemical tests among 11 different carbonated soft drinks containing HFCS. He found ‘astonishingly high’ levels of reactive carbonyls in those beverages. These undesirable and highly-reactive compounds associated with “unbound” fructose and… Read More ›
Fructose: the poison index
A ruling on fructose boosts the powerful sugar industry, either by incompetence or collusion, but is based on pseudoscience Robert Lustig The Guardian, Monday 21 October 2013 16.00 EDT Fizzy drinks can have a ‘serum fructose concentration of six… Read More ›
Obesity experts appalled by EU move to approve health claim for fructose / high-fructose corn syrup is a healthy alternative
Food firms using fructose will be able to boast of health benefits despite fruit sugar being implicated in soaring US obesity levels Sarah Boseley, health editor The Guardian, Thursday 17 October 2013 16.27 EDT Fructose, the sugar found in fruit, is… Read More ›
Eating Foods High in Fructose from Added Sugars Linked to Hypertension
Washington, DC (June 25, 2010) — People who eat a diet high in fructose, in the form of added sugar, are at increased risk of developing high blood pressure, or hypertension, according to a study appearing in… Read More ›
Fructose-sweetened but not glucose-sweetened beverages can adversely affect both sensitivity to the hormone insulin and how the body handles fats
Contact: Karen Honey press_releases@the-jci.org 215-573-1850 Journal of Clinical Investigation Too much sugar is bad, but which sugar is worse: Fructose or glucose? In 2005, the average American consumed 64kg of added sugar, a sizeable proportion of which came through drinking… Read More ›
High Fructose Sets Table For Weight Gain Without Warning: Leptin Resistance
2008 study posted for filing Common sweetener found in many foods leads to leptin resistance and exacerbates obesity when paired with high-calorie, high-fat diet BETHESDA, Md. (Oct. 16, 2008) – Eating too much fructose can induce leptin resistance,… Read More ›
Too much sugar turns off gene that controls the effects of sex steroids
Eating too much fructose and glucose can turn off the gene that regulates the levels of active testosterone and estrogen in the body, shows a new study in mice and human cell cultures that’s published this month in… Read More ›
High fructose consumption by adolescents may put them at cardiovascular risk
Evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk is present in the blood of adolescents who consume a lot of fructose, a scenario that worsens in the face of excess belly fat, researchers report. An analysis of 559 adolescents… Read More ›
CU School of Medicine researchers look at effects of 2 common sweeteners on the body
CU School of Medicine researchers look at effects of 2 common sweeteners on the body AURORA, Colo. (Jan. 23, 2012) – With growing concern that excessive levels of fructose may pose a great health risk – causing high blood pressure,… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 