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Fructose & NFALD

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Cowboyjim

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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/dumc-ifc050112.php
Increased fructose consumption may deplete cellular energy in patients with obesity and diabetes
Obese people who consume increased amounts of fructose, a type of sugar that is found in particular in soft drinks and fruit juices, are at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NFALD) and more its more severe forms, fatty inflammation and scarring.
Now researchers at Duke University Medical Center believe they better understand what mechanism may account for fructose-related liver injury.
 
Qestion?
Is this more to do with HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) which is more of a problem in US than in Europe, or is it a problem in fruit juices in normal use?
 
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=244921

"The state of being insulin resistant impairs the ability of a vital enzyme, AMP kinase, to make new ATP molecules," Abdelmalek explained. "Increased fructose consumption, and excess utilization of ATP favors the increase in molecules that lead to increased fatty acid synthesis as well as increased uric acid."
"The researchers also noted that more uric acid is produced in the body when excess fructose is consumed. Too much uric acid is associated with conditions that include gout, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and uric acid stones, a form of kidney stones."

I was thinking fruit was acceptable for us... exaggerating again... but it often seems the more you read the more depressing it gets... time for a bike ride... 8)
 
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