We’re all wise to the notion that sugar is a lot worse for us than we thought. Twenty years ago, we were eating fat-free, high-sugar muffins and thought we were being healthy; now we know better. And given the ways in which fructose is metabolized, it seems to bestow even additional health risks over “safer” sugars, like glucose. A new review looks over the evidence to date and lays out the mechanisms by which sugar, and fructose in particular, seems to do its damage. Though the new study is largely a review of previous research, it’s an impressive piece that will, hopefully, urge more people to change even their casual soda habits, and maybe even help shift the status quo is schools, offices, and households to boot.
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