Are diets high in fructose the effect of weight gain and obesity?

Aside from fast food served in mammoth proportions, fructose seems to play a role in the American obesity epidemic. Honey, fruit and a host of other sugary substances contain fructose. To test the effects of sucrose researchers at the University of Florida conducted a study on fructose.

The finding of the clinical trial determined that fructose deceives the brain into thinking the body is hungry than it really is. As a result, it stimulates the appetite. The study’s evaluations offer significant incite into how scientists may counter future weight challenges.

Although a high caloric diet a leading contributor of weight gain, the stimulus of a fructose triggers overeating. Moreover, medical scientists attribute high fat diets coupled with a lack of exercise with metabolic syndrome, a health condition associated to type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Since the 1970s, the consumption of fructose has jumped by 30 percent. Carbonated sugary beverages, certain condiments and canned fruits contain exorbitant amounts of fructose.

Researchers reached their hypothesis by feeding laboratory rats a high-fructose diet for 10 weeks. Other rats were nourished via a normal diet. In comparison, the fructose fed rats gained a little more weight but had higher levels of uric acid in their bloodstream. Additionally, they showed more signs of metabolic syndrome.

The experiment determined that high levels of uric acid intercept the action of insulin, (hormone maintains proper storage and use of sugar). Without an adequate amount of sugar traveling to the cells, the brain is tricked into believing that more food is needed to function properly. While researchers deem these finding preliminary, a link between fructose and obesity is plausible.