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Obesity
Fructose hampers hormone that controls appetite, UF study finds
November 4th, 2008
Could all those years chewing candy and slurping sugary sodas come back to haunt you' Perhaps. A new University of Florida study in rats shows that a fructose-filled diet blocks the appetite-controlling hormone leptin from doing its job, setting the body up for future obesity. Leptin is critical in controlling appetite and energy expenditure, and scientists have long linked leptin resistance to obesity. And several studies have shown that overconsumption of fructose, a sugar found in everything from apples to cookies, could be playing a significant role in the obesity epidemic. But the UF study, recently published in the American Journal of Physiology — Regulatory,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-04)
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