date:Jan 11, 2013
ulation are modulated, thereby promoting increased food intake.
As the obesity epidemic has grown, so too has consumption of fructose in the American diet, the researchers explained in their article. Fructose is found in both sucrose, or table sugar, and in high-fructose corn syrup, another common sweetener. It is valued because it is sweeter than glucose.
However, studies show fructose may have different metabolic effects than glucose. For instance, fructose only weakly stimulates secretion o