Are diets high in fructose
the effect of weight gain and obesity?
Aside from fast food served in mammoth
proportions, fructose seems to play a role in the American obesity
epidemic. Honey, fruit and a host of other sugary substances
contain fructose. To test the effects of sucrose researchers
at the University of Florida conducted a study on fructose.
The finding of the clinical trial determined
that fructose deceives the brain into thinking the body is hungry
than it really is. As a result, it stimulates the appetite.
The study’s evaluations offer significant incite into how scientists
may counter future weight challenges.
Although a high caloric diet a leading
contributor of weight gain, the stimulus of a fructose triggers
overeating. Moreover, medical scientists attribute high fat
diets coupled with a lack of exercise with metabolic syndrome,
a health condition associated to type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Since the 1970s, the consumption of
fructose has jumped by 30 percent. Carbonated sugary beverages,
certain condiments and canned fruits contain exorbitant amounts
of fructose.
Researchers reached their hypothesis
by feeding laboratory rats a high-fructose diet for 10 weeks.
Other rats were nourished via a normal diet. In comparison,
the fructose fed rats gained a little more weight but had higher
levels of uric acid in their bloodstream. Additionally, they
showed more signs of metabolic syndrome.
The experiment determined that high
levels of uric acid intercept the action of insulin, (hormone
maintains proper storage and use of sugar). Without an adequate
amount of sugar traveling to the cells, the brain is tricked
into believing that more food is needed to function properly.
While researchers deem these finding preliminary, a link between
fructose and obesity is plausible. |
