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

• zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

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

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