Potential Health Risks From Beverages Containing Fructose Found in Sugar or High-Fructose Corn Syrup

• Autores: George A. Bray
• Localización: Diabetes care, ISSN-e 0149-5992, Vol. 36, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 11-12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Sugar consumption has risen more than 40-fold since the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, and more than 40% of the added sugars in our diet are in sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit drinks (2,3). [...]the principal sources of fructose in our diet are now sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, each of which has about 50% fructose. The rise in the consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages has paralleled the rise in the prevalence of obesity and the metabolic syndrome and is associated with the appearance of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (6-8).