Scientists have proven for the first time that fructose, a cheap form of sugar used in thousands of food products and soft drinks, can damage the human metabolism
Fructose, a sweetener usually derived from corn, can cause dangerous growth of fat cells around vital organs and is able to trigger the early stages of diabetes and heart disease. Food and beverage manufacturers began switching their sweeteners from sucrose (table sugar) to corn syrup in the 1970s when they discovered that HFCS was not only far cheaper to make, it’s about 20% sweeter than table sugar.
“Unlike excess glucose, which passes through our digestive tract and is excreted, 100% of fructose that’s consumed is taken up by the liver. Once there, fructose causes increased fat deposition in the abdominal cavity and increases blood levels of triglycerides – both of which are risk factors for heart disease and diabetes.”
If you received your fructose only from vegetables and fruits (where it originates) as most people did a century ago, you’d consume about 15 grams per day — a far cry from the 73 grams per day the typical adolescent gets from sweetened drinks. In vegetables and fruits, it’s mixed in with fiber, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and beneficial phytonutrients, all of which moderate any negative metabolic effects.
A single can of soda per day can add as much as 15 pounds to your weight over the course of a single year, not to mention increase your risk of diabetes by 85%.
Additionally, an elevated insulin level (which soda clearly causes) also underlies nearly every chronic disease known to man, including:
- Cancer
- Insulin Resistance
- Obesity
- Elevated Blood Pressure
- Premature Aging
- Elevated Triglycerides
- Elevated LDL
- Arthritis
- Depletion of vitamins and minerals
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
BOTTOM LINE: If it says corn syrup, fructose, corn sugar, high fructose corn syrup, or liquid golden sugar – DO NOT PUT IT PAST YOUR LIPS!!
Study Published in August 2021 – Shocking Findings
A study published just last year out of the University of Michigan found that drinking a can of soda could cost you roughly 12 minutes of “healthy life” for every soda, a measurement which refers to good-quality and disease-free life expectancy.
Researchers studied over 5,800 foods found in the typical North American diet, ranking them by their health and environmental impact. Their work is striving to determine how individual choices, such as buying mixed greens at a grocery store or getting chicken wings at a pub directly translates to overall personal health.
Full NatureFood article can be found here:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00343-4
University of Michigan study can be found here:
https://sph.umich.edu/pursuit/2021posts/individual-dietary-choices-can-add-or-take-away-minutes-hours-years-of-life.html