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Eating too much fructose—like the sugar in soda and sweetened snacks—might cause stress and swelling in the liver, which can mess up how the body uses insulin and make fatty liver disease worse.
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Fructose and hepatic insulin resistance
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2020 AugThis study says that eating too much fructose (like in sugary drinks) causes stress and inflammation in the liver, which messes up how insulin works and can lead to fatty liver disease — exactly what the claim says.
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