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New study highlights fructose’s unique role in metabolic disease
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-026-01506-y

This bit from the article is what caught my attention:

Fructose is not just another calorie. It acts as a metabolic signal that promotes fat production and storage in ways that differ fundamentally from glucose.” — Richard Johnson, MD, professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz and study lead author

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newtraditionalists kbin.melroy.org newtraditionalists@kbin.melroy.org
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Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

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kamenlady lemmy.world kamenlady@lemmy.world
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Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

And very good to know, thanks for waking my interest!

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Drusas piefed.social Drusas@piefed.social
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So fruit makes us fat now, too?

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angrystego lemmy.world angrystego@lemmy.world
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So fruit makes us fat now, too?

Fruit is not the same as pure fructose.

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Drusas piefed.social Drusas@piefed.social
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Fruit is not the same as pure fructose.

I didn't say that it was. But fruit contains fructose.

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angrystego lemmy.world angrystego@lemmy.world
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I didn't say that it was. But fruit contains fructose.

Yep, that's right. The conclusion that fruit is unhealthy because it contains fructose would be misleading, though.

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Malyca lemmy.zip Malyca@lemmy.zip
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That high fructose corn syrup

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