The Claim

In healthy men with a family history of type 2 diabetes, a 7-day hypercaloric high-fructose diet increases fasting VLDL-triacylglycerols by approximately 110%, while in healthy men without such a family history, the same diet increases fasting VLDL-triacylglycerols by approximately 51%.

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

What the research says

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In plain English

In healthy men with a family history of type 2 diabetes, a 7-day high-calorie diet high in fructose raises fasting VLDL-triacylglycerol levels by about 110%. In healthy men without such a family history, the same diet raises these levels by about 51%.

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In healthy men with a family history of type 2 diabetes, a 7-day hypercaloric high-fructose diet increases fasting VLDL-triacylglycerols by approximately 110%, compared to 51% in those without such a history, suggesting greater susceptibility to fructose-induced dyslipidemia in genetically predisposed individuals.

Why this might work

When a person eats a lot of fructose, the liver converts it into fat more aggressively than it does with other sugars. This fat builds up inside liver cells and gets packaged into fat-carrying particles called VLDL, which are released into the blood. People with a family history of type 2 diabetes have livers that make even more fat from fructose and release far more VLDL into the bloodstream, causing a much larger spike in blood fat levels.

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What the research says

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

    Men whose parents or siblings have type 2 diabetes saw their blood fat levels spike much more after eating a lot of fructose for a week than men without that family history, showing they’re more sensitive to the harmful effects of fructose.

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