| 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. |
