Fructose, a natural sugar found in fruit, could be responsible for obesity, British scientists propose in the magazine New Scientist. Their research shows that fructose more adverse effects than other sugars. Fructose is present in fruits, fruit juices and jam and is often used to sweeten soft drinks and fast food to make. Under study is the number of calories less important than the type of food that contains sugar.
The researchers gave 33 overweight people with test meals consisting of 14 days long 30 percent fat, 55 percent complex carbohydrates (like bread and rice) and 15 percent protein. In the ten weeks after they received a diet in which one quarter of the energy came from fructose or glucose. Both groups were in that period about 1.5 kilos.
Who got fructose, was much more developed abdominal fat and cholesterol than the glucose group. Abdominal fat is a dangerous kind, because it surrounds your vital organs. Moreover, it increases the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
