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Fructose -- adverse effects; Cardiovascular Diseases -- etiology; Metabolic Diseases -- etiology
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Fructose And Its Contribution To Cardiovascular Disease And Metabolic Syndrome, Jessica Anderson
Fructose And Its Contribution To Cardiovascular Disease And Metabolic Syndrome, Jessica Anderson
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The incidence of obesity, cardiovascular disease, and combination of symptoms classified as “metabolic syndrome” that eventually leads to type 2 diabetes have risen dramatically over the past few decades. The current dietary guidelines that advised patients to avoid dietary fats were originally developed in the 1960’s. This led the way for food manufacturers to remove fats in processed foods and replace them with sugars, particularly fructose. At the time there was no clinical trial data that definitively supported these guidelines.
The increased use of fructose as a food additive has dramatically increased the per-capita consumption of this sugar. More recent …