Comment on Australia may be losing its sweet tooth – but sugar is only part of our health story

Amoxtli@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• sqgl@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And liver disease because IIRC The by-products of sugar are the same as alcohol.

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  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Specifically fructose (which is one half of sucrose, which is what we mostly think of as ‘sugar’ when cooking) is processed in the liver, and can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: …harvard.edu/…/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for…

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    • sqgl@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

      I think you mean can cause fatty liver disease just like alcohol

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