A podcast with Efrain Riveros from Agora Health. An entertaining discussion on sugar, fructose, and its role in metabolic diseases. Podcast options: YouTube Spotify Amazon Music Apple Podcasts
Podcast – With Jesse Chappus from the Ultimate Health Podcast
The good and the bad. Fructose as a driver of obesity but also important for survival of animals. And a new sugar, allulose, that looks like fructose but seems to be protective. Watch the podcast here.
Talk – A talk with David Perlmutter on the Tale of Two Sugars- Fructose and Allulose
Fructose is a caloric sugar that seems to have a role in driving obesity and metabolic syndrome. Allulose is a natural sugar but seems to have beneficial effects on glucose metabolism and weight. Listen to the podcast here.
Video – An interview with Dom D’Agostino on fructose and why soft drinks cause obesity, weight gain, craving and low energy.
Traditional soft drinks, juice boxes, and energy and sports drinks are loaded with high fructose corn syrup, an ingredient also found in many processed foods. The body processes fructose differently than other sugars, and fructose can lead to weight gain …
Article – Fructose may be the ultimate driver of obesity
An article in Big Think about the new hypothesis accuses the simple sugar of wrecking energy metabolism. Read the article here.
Article – The New York Post – This is why you’re fat — study finds possible major root cause of obesity
All-too-common fructose — found in table sugar and high fructose corn syrup, used widely in everyday foods like ketchup — has long been considered a major reason why Americans pack on the pounds. Now, scientists say they’re closer to figuring …
Article – Unifying the Different Theories on how Diet Causes Hypertension
While most people think that poor diet is ultimately the cause of the obesity and diabetes epidemics, there remains great debate on what is the critical part of the diet that is responsible. Is it just too many calories in …
Paper – The fructose survival hypothesis for obesity
It is finally out! For those of you who want to read the deep science behind the fructose story, the overall fructose survival hypothesis has now been published in the Royal Society of Medicine’s journal, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …
Video – A Darker Side to Uric Acid
Discussions with Sara Banta on how uric acid may have a role in obesity and metabolic syndrome. Uric acid is not just the cause of gout, it is intricately linked with the processes involved in weight gain, fat accumulation and …