I'm struggling with one aspect of this otherwise excellent talk. That is the bit about fructose and the IR body making the 30% more fructose as opposed to the 3% more. Anyone fancy answering that one for me please?
Where is Ivor when you need him?
The video doesn't explain the why of the ten-fold increase. It only reports its occurrence.
A healthy body converts 3% of carbs into fructose, via the 'polyol pathway'.
A body with both insulin resistance and hyperglycaemia converts 30% of carbs into fructose, greatly increasing LDL and dangerous free radicals, and inflammation.
The scary thing for me is the title of the study
'Direct measurement of polyol pathway activity in the ocular lens' 1985 Diabetes
If they measured this over 30 years ago by looking into people's eyes why weren't we (insert expletive of your choice if so desired) told ?
Geoff