Stephan BC, Wells JC, Brayne C, Albanese E, Siervo M. Editor, Journal of Gerontolog In a recent paper, Stephan et al.1 speculated that high fructose intake is a risk factor for dementia and that increasing consumption of fructose in the U.S. population could lead to greater dementia risk. Their premise...
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Description With obesity and diabetes at epidemic proportions, the time to act is now. Practical, real-world strategies related to weight and diabetes control must be provided to the general public to aid them in making better overall healthy lifestyle choices. However, many studies are taken out of context. Dr. Adam...
Read More Editor, The conclusion by Nguyen et al (1) that higher sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (as proxy for dietary fructose) may affect cardiovascular risk factors like serum uric acid and blood pressure lacks significance for three reasons. Fructose intake has not been shown to be a risk factor for reasons other than...
Read More In their commentary accompanying the recent mechanistic paper from Peter Havel’s group (1), Hoffman & Tschöp (2) do not show the same restraint Havel does in extrapolating his admittedly unphysiologic results to typical human diets. Their focus on added sugars disregards the importance of looking at all caloric sources. Energy...
Read More Sam Z Sun, Brent D Flickinger, Patricia S Williamson-Hughes, Mark W Empie Abstract Background: High serum uric acid concentration (hyperuricemia) has been studied for its relationship with multiple adverse health outcomes, such as metabolic syndrome. Intervention studies have produced inconsistent outcomes for the relationship between fructose intake and serum uric...
Read More High-fructose corn syrup causes characteristics of obesity in rats: Increased body weight, body fat and triglyceride levels Bocarsly ME, Powell ES, Avena NM, Hoebel BG. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. Feb 26 2010. Background The authors are from the Princeton University Department of Psychology, the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and the Rockefeller...
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