While virtually absent in our diet a few hundred years ago, fructose has now become a major
constituent of our modern diet. Our main sources of fructose are sucrose from beet or cane …

Consuming large amounts of fructose can lead to the development of a complete metabolic
syndrome in rodents. In humans, fructose consumed in moderate to high quantities in the …

There has been much concern regarding the role of dietary fructose in the development of
metabolic diseases. This concern arises from the continuous increase in fructose (and total …

Fructose intake and the prevalence of obesity have both increased over the past two to three
decades. Compared with glucose, the hepatic metabolism of fructose favors lipogenesis …

As dietary exposure to fructose has increased over the past 40 years, there is growing
concern that high fructose consumption in humans may be in part responsible for the rising …

This review explores whether fructose consumption might be a contributing factor to the
development of obesity and the accompanying metabolic abnormalities observed in the …

There is much evidence from both animal models and human studies supporting the notion
that fructose is a highly lipogenic nutrient that, when consumed in high quantities …

Studies in both healthy and diabetic subjects demonstrated that fructose produced a smaller
postprandial rise in plasma glucose and serum insulin than other common carbohydrates …

In addition to acquiring a better understanding of foods that may have intrinsic health
benefits, increasing our knowledge of dietary components that may adversely impact health …

This paper reviews evidence in the context of current research linking dietary fructose to
health risk markers. Fructose intake has recently received considerable media attention …