How Fructose Could Be Putting You At Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes And Heart Disease
I can give you plenty of good reasons to avoid fructose, but all you need is one: type 2 diabetes.
A new study highlights diabetes and all the other key reasons why it's a healthy idea to avoid this truly awful component of processed foods and soft drinks.
Going back to the garden
When I read that US researchers at the University of California, Davis (UCD), recently presented a new fructose study at the American Diabetes Association 67th Annual Scientific Sessions in Chicago, something rang a bell. That ringing came from nearly five years ago, in an e-Alert I sent you where I told you about a UCD study from some of the same researchers who mounted this new study.
The 2002 UCD study reported on animal testing that showed how fructose consumption contributed to insulin resistance, high blood pressure, and elevated triglyceride levels - three of the core symptoms of metabolic syndrome. Other metabolic syndrome symptoms include excessive abdominal fat, high C-reactive protein level, and low HDL cholesterol. Three or more of these symptoms put a patient at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
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