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Sugary drinks in the pathogenesis of obesity and cardiovascular diseases.

  • Brown CM Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. clivemartin.brown@unifr.ch
  • Dulloo AG
  • Montani JP
  • 2008-12-17
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  • International journal of obesity (2005). - 2008
Adiposity
Animals
Beverages
Caffeine
Cardiovascular Diseases
Dietary Sucrose
Dogs
Fructose
Humans
Insulin Resistance
Obesity
Rats
Sweetening Agents
Uric Acid
English Soft drink overconsumption is now considered to be a major public health concern with implications for cardiovascular diseases. This follows a number of studies performed in animals suggesting that chronic consumption of refined sugars can contribute to metabolic and cardiovascular dysregulation. In particular, the monosaccharide fructose has been attracting increasing attention as the more harmful sugar component in terms of weight gain and metabolic disturbances. High-fructose corn syrup is gradually replacing sucrose as the main sweetener in soft drinks and has been blamed as a potential contributor to the current high prevalence of obesity. There is also considerable evidence that fructose, rather than glucose, is the more damaging sugar component in terms of cardiovascular risk. This review focuses on the potential role of sugar drinks, particularly the fructose component, in the pathogenesis of obesity and cardiovascular diseases.
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