Fructose Hampers Hormone That Controls Appetite, UF Study Finds

Could all those years chewing candy and slurping sugary sodas come back to haunt you? Perhaps. A new University of Florida study in rats shows that a fructose-filled diet blocks the appetite-controlling hormone leptin from doing its job, setting the body up for future obesity. Leptin is critical in controlling appetite and energy expenditure, and scientists have long linked leptin resistance to obesity.

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Filed under: Endocrinology on October 27th, 2008