This fascinating episode goes deep into sugar – especially fructose. We dig into some world class research conducted by Dr. Rick Johnson and team that really lays a lot of the blame behind modern diseases on fructose instead of glucose. …
Podcast: Peter Attia, MD – #87 – Rick Johnson, MD: Fructose – the common link in hypertension, insulin resistance, T2D, & obesity?
Original release date: 1/6/20 In this episode, Rick Johnson, professor of nephrology at the University of Colorado, explains how his research into the causes of blood pressure resulted in a change of research direction to focus more on how fructose …
Video: H.V.M.N. – Fructose: The key culprit for obesity & metabolic syndrome?
Geoffrey Woo and Professor Richard Johnson discuss the nuances of fructose and explore its relationship in the metabolism of obesity and other chronic diseases. Dr. Johnson is a nephrologist who focused his research on a form of sugar called fructose. …
Too much sugar in your diet could result in this devastating neurodegenerative disease
A new study published in the Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience journal has identified another factor among the many studied to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease. According to the researchers, excessive sugar consumption results in metabolic dysfunction that in turn increases one’s …
Water May be an Effective Treatment for Metabolic Syndrome
Water suppresses vasopressin, a hormone linked to obesity, diabetes. Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that fructose stimulates the release of vasopressin, a hormone linked to obesity and diabetes. They also found that water can …
Podcast: Is there a connection between fat storage and hydration?
From Hydration for Health: Meet Richard! He is curious about studying how hydration impact our health and studies relationships between hydration and obesity. Intrigued to discover if what we drink and obesity are linked? This episode is for you! Visit …
Video: Don’t Fail Kidney™️ – Kidneys and Uric Acid
Dr. Johnson joins with Don’t Fail Kidney™️ to explore all resources on the relationship between uric acid and the kidney. See how uric acid can damage organs, including the kidneys. Learn about how common gout is and potential ways you …
Master Class – Fructokinase, Master Regulator of the Survival Response
Fructose and glucose are very similar from a chemical standpoint, and both are six carbon sugars with the same molecular weight. However, what distinguishes them is how they are metabolized. Fructose can be metabolized identically as glucose by an enzyme …
The Great Controversies – Challenging the Insulin Hypothesis
One of the more important hypotheses on what causes obesity is the insulin hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, obesity is not driven so much by the amount of calories we eat, but rather by whether the food we eat stimulates …