Fructose Metabolism By The Brain Increases Food Intake And Obesity, Review Suggests

Fructose Metabolism By The Brain Increases Food Intake And Obesity, Review Suggests:

"Two papers in the journal PNAS...showed that glucose and fructose act quite differently in the brain (hypothalamus) - glucose decreasing food intake and fructose increasing food intake....have inverse effects on food intake.

Lane commented: 'We feel that these findings may have particular relevance to the massive increase in the use of high fructose sweeteners (both high fructose corn syrup and table sugar) in virtually all sweetened foods, most notably soft drinks. The per capita consumption of these sweeteners in the USA is about 145 lbs/year and is probably much higher in teenagers/youth that have a high level of consumption of soft drinks. There is a large literature now that correlates, but does not prove that a culprit in the rise of teenage obesity may be fructose.'"