Tag Archives: Fructose

Why Do Low Fat Foods Taste Good?

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Robert Barrington

ow fat foods have become popular in recent decades because of the erroneous believe that dietary fat causes obesity and leads to cardiovascular disease. However, dietary fat is appealing to human tastes and also provides texture to certain foods. Removing … Continue reading →

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Fasting: Why Does it Help Weight Loss?

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Robert Barrington

here is a common misconception that weight gain and obesity are caused by a positive energy balance. This ‘eat-too-much, do-too-little’ theory of weight gain states that overconsumption of food or underperformance of physical activity causes a positive energy balance that … Continue reading →

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Fructose: More on Rats and Insulin Resistance

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Robert Barrington

That fructose can cause insulin resistance has been demonstrated in the nutritional literature. Because sucrose (table sugar) contains a moiety of fructose, sugar is known to cause insulin resistance in mammals. Many experiments have been performed in rats showing that … Continue reading →

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Can Fructose Increase Blood Pressure?

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Robert Barrington

ugar intake has increased considerably over the last century in Western nations. Increasingly the overconsumption of sugar is considered one of the major causative factors in the development of lifestyle diseases such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. … Continue reading →

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More Rats, More Fructose, More Insulin Resistance

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Rats are not humans and so care should always be taken when interpreting rodent studies. Rodent physiology differs from human physiology despite the presence of many of the same enzymes and metabolic pathways. However, rodent studies when used in conjunction … Continue reading →

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Overfeeding

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Obesity is claimed by many to be caused by greed on the part of the individual, such that a positive energy balance results in incremental weight gain. Evidence for this is claimed to come from overfeeding studies whereby normal weight … Continue reading →

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Metabolic Effects of Fructose: Not Good

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Evidence suggests that the cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease is erroneous and that naturally occurring dietary lipids are not the cause of atherosclerosis. Instead, research has consistently shown that carbohydrate in the diet is the cause of cardiovascular disease. In … Continue reading →

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Fructose and Insulin Resistance: Evidence from Rats

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Fructose is thought to be the cause of the obesity epidemic currently engulfing Western nations. Traditionally, the human diet has contained carbohydrates in their unrefined forms. Although processed through milling, the final grains product still retained the original constituents of … Continue reading →

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Abdominal Fat First, Then Subcutaneous

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The ‘eat-too-much, do-too-little’ theory of obesity claims that weight loss is possible through forced calorie restriction and exercise. However, neither of these things treat the cause of obesity, and for this reason both are ineffective. Obesity is a metabolic disorder … Continue reading →

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Soft Drinks Cause Metabolic Syndrome: But What About Fruit Juice?

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Evidence suggests that the increasing consumption of soft drinks is a major cause of the obesity epidemic in Western nations. Sugar sweetened soft drink are detrimental to health because they oversupply the liver with fructose, which has been shown in … Continue reading →

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