http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Research presented today shows that high-fructose corn syrup can cause behavioural reactions in rats similar to those produced by drugs of abuse such as cocaine. These results, presented by addiction expert Francesco Leri, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Guelph, suggest food addiction could explain, at least partly, the current global obesity epidemic. These results were presented at the 2013 Canadian Neuroscience Meeting, the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience - Association Canadienne des Neurosciences (CAN-ACN). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-addiction-unhealthy-foods-global-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:35 EST news288434969 Food labels appear mundane enough, but the tug of war playing out behind them about what's on them is anything but. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-food-thought-panel-discusses-products.html Health Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:19:09 EST news282298739 (HealthDay)—A leading consumer advocacy group, along with nutrition experts and health agencies from a number of U.S. cities, are calling for lowering the amount of sugars added to soft drinks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-fda-sugar-sodas-experts.html Health Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:50:02 EST news279977584 A study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism presented compelling data showing the consumption of both high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and sucrose (table sugar) at levels consistent with average daily consumption do not increase liver fat in humans, a leading cause of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The findings also add to an already well-established body of science that high fructose corn syrup and table sugar are metabolically equivalent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-hfcs-table-sugar-liver-fat.html Diabetes Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:40:01 EST news279894487 The newly released 11th edi­tion of Modern Nutri­tion in Health and Dis­ease has been called an "author­i­ta­tive ref­er­ence on nutri­tion and its role in con­tem­po­rary med­i­cine, nursing, and public policy." Northeastern University news office asked co-​​author and editor Katherine Tucker, a pro­fessor of nutri­tional epi­demi­ology in the Depart­ment of Health Sci­ences, to expound upon the cur­rent state of health in America. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-3qs-health-america.html Health Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:30:31 EST news278235020 A new study by University of Southern California (USC) and University of Oxford researchers indicates that large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) found in national food supplies across the world may be one explanation for the rising global epidemic of type 2 diabetes and resulting higher health care costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-high-fructose-corn-syrup-global-prevalence.html Diabetes Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:38:02 EST news273238670 Obese patients with type 2 diabetes who consume higher amounts of fructose display reduced levels of liver adenosine triphosphate (ATP)—a compound involved in the energy transfer between cells. The findings, published in the September issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, indicate that elevated uric acid levels (hyperuricemia) are associated with more severe hepatic ATP depletion in response to fructose intake. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-dietary-fructose-linked-elevated-uric.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:56:49 EST news266756170 US regulators Wednesday denied a request to change the name of high-fructose corn syrup to merely "corn sugar," in a high-profile dispute between two industries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-denies-disputed-sweetener.html Health Thu, 31 May 2012 04:30:59 EST news257657436 A group of scientists from across the world have come together in a just-published study that provides new insights into how fructose causes obesity and metabolic syndrome, more commonly known as diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-insight-fructose-obesity-metabolic-syndrome.html Medical research Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:00:11 EST news249572686 Taste receptors on the tongue help us distinguish between safe food and food that's spoiled or toxic. But taste receptors are now being found in other organs, too. In a study published online the week of February 6 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) discovered that beta cells in the pancreas use taste receptors to sense fructose, a type of sugar. According to the study, the beta cells respond to fructose by secreting insulin, a hormone that regulates the body's response to dietary sugar. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-fructose-pancreas.html Medical research Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:05 EST news247755259 Big Corn and Big Sugar are locked in a legal and public relations fight in the US over a plan to change the name of a corn-based sweetener that has gotten a bad name. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-big-corn-sugar-bitter-row.html Health Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:32:37 EST news243318722 A 'sin tax' applied to sweetened goods on store shelves is not the most efficient, effective method of lowering caloric intake from sweet food and would be more disruptive to consumers than necessary, according to Iowa State University research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-fat-tax-efficient-effective.html Health Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:02:00 EST news242056876 (AP) -- The setting sun splashes warm hues across a ripening cornfield as a man and his daughter wander through rows of towering plants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-sugar-corn-syrup-makers-bitter.html Other Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:00:17 EST news235191480 A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that adults who consumed high fructose corn syrup for two weeks as 25 percent of their daily calorie requirement had increased blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, which have been shown to be indicators of increased risk for heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-fructose-consumption-factors-heart-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:30:01 EST news231059540 Robert Lustig, MD, a UCSF pediatrician and clinical researcher, is an outspoken iconoclast when it comes to diet and metabolism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-sugar-potential-health-closer.html Health Wed, 04 May 2011 11:20:01 EST news223725233