The Claim
Fructose consumption impairs insulin sensitivity more than glucose consumption in overweight adults over a 10-week period, as measured by reduced deuterated glucose disposal and elevated fasting insulin and glucose levels.
What the research says
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Over 10 weeks, consuming fructose reduces the body's ability to process insulin effectively more than consuming glucose, resulting in higher fasting blood sugar and insulin levels in overweight adults.
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Fructose consumption impairs insulin sensitivity more than glucose consumption in overweight adults over 10 weeks, as measured by deuterated glucose disposal and increased fasting insulin and glucose levels.
When fructose is consumed, the liver converts it into fat more aggressively than glucose. This excess fat builds up inside liver cells, blocking the signal from insulin that tells the liver to stop making sugar. As a result, the liver keeps releasing sugar into the blood, and the body needs more insulin to try to control it, leading to high blood sugar and high insulin levels.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Dietary sugars: a fat difference.
This study found that drinking drinks sweetened with fructose for 10 weeks made overweight people less able to use insulin properly and raised their blood sugar and insulin levels more than drinks with glucose — even when they didn’t gain more weight.
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