Eating too much fructose (like in sugary drinks) might create more harmful gunk in your body than regular sugar, which can damage your blood vessels and lead to heart disease.
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Eating too much fructose (like in sugary drinks) might create more harmful gunk in your body than regular sugar, which can damage your blood vessels and lead to heart disease.
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Fructose promotes the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) more potently than glucose, which leads to systemic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, thereby contributing to the development of atherosclerosis.
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Study: John Yudkin’s hypothesis: sugar is a major dietary culprit in the development of cardiovascular disease
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