When male rats eat a lot of sugar or fat, their liver and pancreas show signs of cellular stress — like their cells are overwhelmed — and this might be why they develop metabolic problems like obesity or diabetes.

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High-fructose diet is as detrimental as high-fat diet in the induction of insulin resistance and diabetes mediated by hepatic/pancreatic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress

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The study found that when male rats eat too much sugar (fructose) or too much fat, their liver and pancreas get stressed in the same way — like overworked factories — and this stress is linked to diabetes and metabolic problems.

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High-fructose diet is as detrimental as high-fat diet in the induction of insulin resistance and diabetes mediated by hepatic/pancreatic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress

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DOI: 10.1007/s11010-016-2828-5

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