Dietary Fructose vs. Endogenous Fructose Production: Is The Aldose Reductase Mediated Production of Fructose to Blame for Diabesity & NAFLD? Plus: Could Amla Help?
Make you choice - cholesterol and regular sugar (left), or fat free and fructose-laden? In the end it all may not even matter. When I stumbled upon a recent study from the University of Colorado a few days ago, my first thought was: Oh my! That sounds familiar. And indeed, if you know anything about the "cholesterol conundrum" you will probably feel reminded of the disconnect between cholesterol intake, cholesterol levels in the blood and cholesterol-related increases in cardiovascular disease risk - don't forget that this is still an issue, although it may neither be your dietary cholesterol or your total cholesterol levels that mediate the risk increases. Looks like you cannot pick your poison, because whatever you chose, your body will produce what it considers fitting from it According to the said study from the University of Colorado it does in fact seem that our current favorite villain, namely fructose, has more in common with its predecessor on the throne...