Friday, January 30, 2015

It's Not About Calories

Added fructose is a principal driver of type 2 diabetes
Recent studies have shown that added sugars, particularly those containing fructose, are a principal driver of diabetes and pre-diabetes, even more so than other carbohydrates. Clinical experts challenge current dietary guidelines that allow up to 25 percent of total daily calories as added sugars, and propose drastic reductions in the amount of added sugar, and especially added fructose, people consume.
Uh huh.
Long-term fructose bingeing activates a hyperphagic circuit composed in part of Orexin sensitive neurons