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High dietary intake of fructose (particularly from HFCS) causes insulin resistance and metabolic dyslipidemia by bypassing the phosphofructokinase regulatory step in glycolysis, leading to uncontrolled hepatic de novo lipogenesis and triglyceride synthesis.

Avoid high-fructose corn syrup and excessive added sugars. While fructose doesn't spike blood sugar like glucose, it drives liver fat production and insulin resistance when consumed in large amounts, contributing to metabolic syndrome.

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A high flux of fructose to the liver... perturbs glucose metabolism and glucose uptake pathways, and leads to a significantly enhanced rate of de novo lipogenesis and triglyceride (TG) synthesis... These metabolic disturbances appear to underlie the induction of insulin resistance commonly observed with high fructose feeding in both humans and animal models.
Heather Basciano et al. · Nutrition & Metabolism · 2005

Why this rating

The paper is a review citing multiple animal and human studies, but lacks a single definitive large-scale RCT.

Source

Fructose, insulin resistance, and metabolic dyslipidemia

Heather Basciano et al. · Nutrition & Metabolism · 2005

DOI 10.1186/1743-7075-2-5

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