High-Fructose Corn Syrup May Act More Like Fat Than Sugar in the Body

High-Fructose Corn Syrup May Act More Like Fat Than Sugar in the Body
Washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, March 11, 2003; Page HE01

...Fructose is a different story. It "appears to behave more like fat with respect to the hormones involved in body weight regulation," explains Peter Havel, associate professor of nutrition at the University of California, Davis. "Fructose doesn't stimulate insulin secretion. It doesn't increase leptin production or suppress production of ghrelin. That suggests that consuming a lot of fructose, like consuming too much fat, could contribute to weight gain." Whether it actually does do this is not known "because the studies have not been conducted," said Havel.

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