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 …
Video – Richard Johnson, MD: A Biologic Switch that Drives Obesity, Diabetes, and other Common Diseases
Jeff Gerber’s amazing Low Carb Denver program is something no one should miss. Thank you Jeff for inviting me to speak on my favorite topic, sugar! Watch the video on YouTube here. Watch the Video on the Low Carb Conference …
Podcast – An interview with Jenny Hutt of Just Jenny on Nature Wants Us to Be Fat
A nice talk with Jenny Hutt on fructose and its role in driving obesity and diabetes. It is not just the fructose we eat from sugar, but the fructose we make from carbs. Listen to the podcast here.
Video – With Thomas Weimbs, PhD – Fructose and uric acid helped our ancestors to survive. Now they make us fat.
A discussion with Professor Thomas Weimbs on fructose and its role in causing obesity. We also discuss the importance of fructose and uric acid in causing kidney disease. One aspect is on the role of uric acid crystals in causing …