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Why Fruit Is So Dangerous for You
High consumption of fructose may lead to insulin resistance
Fructose is the sugar found in fruits. It’s a health-damaging sugar, arguably the most damaging. To illustrate, everyone knows sucrose is junk; no one would argue otherwise. Sucrose is half fructose and half glucose.
Researchers know that what makes sucrose junk is the fructose it contains, not the glucose. No conflicting opinions appear in the science lit.
So what makes fructose so bad? Here is a brief list, in no particular order.
Fructose raises triglycerides (blood fats). High triglycerides are an independent risk factor for heart disease.
Fructose raises both total cholesterol and LDL (bad) cholesterol.
Fructose decreases LDL particle size, making it denser. Small, dense LDL particles are more likely to form plaques inside the arteries, another risk factor for heart disease.
Fructose can cause cavities.
Fructose can be addictive for those who are susceptible. Yes.
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High consumption of fructose may lead to insulin resistance. It can do that by actually changing muscle fibers from Type 1, which is very responsive to…
