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(HealthDay)—Moderate aerobic exercise prevents fructose-induced hypertriglyceridemia in healthy males, according to a study published online May 14 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-fructose-induced-hypertriglyceridemia.html Diabetes Fri, 17 May 2013 14:50:01 EST news288020790 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 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 (HealthDay)—Grape polyphenol (PP) supplementation prevents fructose-induced oxidative stress and insulin resistance in healthy volunteers with high metabolic risk, according to research published online Dec. 28 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-grape-polyphenols-counteract-fructose-induced-effects.html Diabetes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:10:01 EST news279175097 In a study examining possible factors regarding the associations between fructose consumption and weight gain, brain magnetic resonance imaging of study participants indicated that ingestion of glucose but not fructose reduced cerebral blood flow and activity in brain regions that regulate appetite, and ingestion of glucose but not fructose produced increased ratings of satiety and fullness, according to a preliminary study published in the January 2 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-imaging-effect-fructose-brain-regions.html Health Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:08:24 EST news276278891 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 A new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital suggests that fructose may not be as bad for us as previously thought and that it may even provide some benefit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-evidence-fructose-debate-healthy.html Diabetes Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:08:33 EST news259517302 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 Obese people who consume increased amounts of fructose, a type of sugar that is found in particular in soft drinks and fruit juices, are at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NFALD) and more its more severe forms, fatty inflammation and scarring. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-fructose-consumption-deplete-cellular-energy.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 02 May 2012 12:20:01 EST news255177994 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 Is fructose being unfairly blamed for the obesity epidemic? Or do we just eat and drink too many calories? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-fructose-blamed-unfairly-obesity-epidemic.html Health Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:30:33 EST news249046222 Eating fructose over an extended period of time does not lead to an increase in blood pressure, according to researchers at St. Michael's Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-prolonged-fructose-intake-linked-blood.html Health Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:30:01 EST news248372732 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 Evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk is present in the blood of adolescents who consume a lot of fructose, a scenario that worsens in the face of excess belly fat, researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-high-fructose-consumption-adolescents-cardiovascular.html Health Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:40:01 EST news246627582 With growing concern that excessive levels of fructose may pose a great health risk – causing high blood pressure, kidney disease and diabetes – researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, along with their colleagues at the University of Florida, set out to see if two common sweeteners in western diets differ in their effects on the body in the first few hours after ingestion. The study, recently published in the journal Metabolism, took a closer look at high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and table sugar (sucrose) and was led by Dr MyPhuong Le (now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Colorado) and Dr Julie Johnson, a Professor of Pharmacogenomics at the University of Florida. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-effects-common-sweeteners-body.html Health Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:23:48 EST news246561819 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 (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 Contrary to what we've been told, eliminating or severely limiting fats from the diet may not be beneficial to cardiac function in patients suffering from heart failure, a study at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-hearts-fueled-fats.html Cardiology Wed, 04 May 2011 12:48:41 EST news223732100 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 A couple of weeks ago, science writer Gary Taubes — author of the book “Why We Get Fat” — wrote an article for the New York Times magazine in which he analyzed the debate over whether sugar and high-fructose corn syrup is the dietary cause of chronic ailments such as heart disease, hypertension and cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-sugar-bad.html Health Wed, 04 May 2011 09:07:32 EST news223718837