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solinaceae t1_j8r4jpw wrote

Reply to comment by takingastep in An ancient human foraging instinct, fueled by fructose production in the brain, may hold clues to the development and possible treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). by CUAnschutzMed

Fructose doesn’t also stimulate the satiety hormones unless it gets converted into glucose first, which only a portion of it does. So you’re hungrier on a fructose diet than a glucose diet.

And a metabolic pathway to process it in the liver can lead to fatty liver disease.

But let’s put it in all our food and drinks.

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