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Excess sugar intake increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart attack and stroke. Sugar occurs naturally in carbohydrate foods like bread. Fructose are found in fruits and vegetables, fructose corn syrup is found in soft drinks. Scientists fed animals with sugar and discovered that it triggers cravings and withdrawal behaviors similar to those found with drug addiction.
When fructose is joined to glucose, it makes sucrose. Sucrose is abundant in sugar cane, sugar beets and corn. When extracted and refined, sucrose makes table sugar. The table sugar increases the risk of obesity, diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Every cell in the body can use glucose for energy but liver cells break down fructose. Breaking of fructose inside liver cells is complicated, one of the end products is triglyceride, a form of fat. Uric acid and free radicals are also formed. Triglycerides can build up in liver cells and damage liver function. Triglycerides released into the bloodstream can contribute to the growth of fat-filled plaque inside artery walls.
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