Eating too much fructose — like from sugary drinks — can overload your liver, turning the sugar into fat and raising your risk for fatty liver and heart problems.

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The Impact of Fructose Consumption on Human Health: Effects on Obesity, Hyperglycemia, Diabetes, Uric Acid, and Oxidative Stress With a Focus on the Liver

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2024 Sep

The study looks at what happens when people eat too much fructose, like from sugary drinks, and finds it causes the liver to make more fat, which can lead to fatty liver and heart problems—just like the claim says.

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The Impact of Fructose Consumption on Human Health: Effects on Obesity, Hyperglycemia, Diabetes, Uric Acid, and Oxidative Stress With a Focus on the Liver

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.70095

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