Comment on Major Study Claims to Identify The Root Cause of Obesity: Fructose
qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
So, is this an open door to scare people away from fruit?
No, the study is talking about other sources of fructose:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/…/oby.23920
Though the study doesn’t say that fructose is the root cause of obesity from what I see (search doesn’t work properly there). I’m not sure if in such a complex mechanism as a human body a single cause of obesity can exist. Additionally, our bodies differ and single mutation can change the outcome.
The title is so misleading that it borders on lying.
The root cause of all obesity everywhere is not fructose. That implies that if you don’t eat fructose or generate fructose, you will not be obese. Fructose might be contributing factor to obesity, but it is hardly a root cause or “the” root cause.
I overstepped on my comment but after years of being vehiculated as an healthy sugar, this is the kind of title capable of triggering that sort of thought.
And agreed. It may be a part of the problem but it is risky to say this or that is the root of the obesity problem.
this comment is an open door to brain rot
livus@kbin.social 11 months ago
@qyron fruit is healthy.
The fructose in fruit isn't as easily absorbed due to fibre. Also there's a natural limit to how much we can consume, no one eats 20 oranges in one sitting.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Unless they are looking for a serious case of the runs.
But I admit to have over indulged on this particular fruit more than once.
livus@kbin.social 11 months ago
@qyron grapefruit is my particular achilles heel!
Nevertheless we are physically limited by our stomach capacity and would be very unlikely to consume bioavailable fructose at the rates made possible by industrial fructose such as HFCS.
riskable@programming.dev 11 months ago
The runs? No. A run to the store to buy more Tums is more likely.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
When in doubt, both!
FleetingTit@feddit.de 11 months ago
That sounds like a challenge to me…
livus@kbin.social 11 months ago
@FleetingTit I'm still haunted by that scene in Se7en where the guy has "striations" in his stomach from being forced to overeat.
msage@programming.dev 11 months ago
So like freshly squeezed orange juice in large quantities?
livus@kbin.social 11 months ago
@msage even that isn't as hard on the liver as processed orange juice that has no fibre in it. But it's the things that have extra fructose added into them that I would be wary of.
An Australian guy did a SuperSizeMe type film where he ate the exact same number of calories he'd eaten before, and worked out just as much, but he went for food with added fructose. It's really interesting.