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.
