Eating a lot of fructose for just one week can pile up fat in the liver and muscles of healthy men, and it spikes bad blood fats even more if they have a family history of type 2 diabetes.

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Fructose overconsumption causes dyslipidemia and ectopic lipid deposition in healthy subjects with and without a family history of type 2 diabetes.

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2009 Jun

The study gave healthy men a high-fructose diet for 7 days and found it increased fat in the liver, muscle, and blood, especially in those with a family history of diabetes, just like the claim says.

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Fructose overconsumption causes dyslipidemia and ectopic lipid deposition in healthy subjects with and without a family history of type 2 diabetes.

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DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27336

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