Fructose alters hundreds of brain genes, which can lead to a wide range of diseases
Science Daily April 2016 reporting on a study which is on this page
Scientists report that diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can reverse the damage
Snips
- “A range of diseases — from diabetes to cardiovascular disease, and from Alzheimer's disease to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — are linked to changes to genes in the brain. A new study by UCLA life scientists has found that hundreds of those genes can be damaged by fructose, a sugar that's common in the Western diet, in a way that could lead to those diseases”
Rats trained to escape from maze, then drank 1 of 3 liquids for 6 weeks
- Water
- Water + fructose (equiv to 1 liter of soda/day)
- Water+ fructose + Omega-3
- The animals that had been given only the fructose navigated the maze about half as fast than the rats that drank only water — indicating that the fructose diet had impaired their memory. The rats that had been given fructose and DHA, however, showed very similar results to those that only drank water — which strongly suggests that the DHA eliminated fructose's harmful effects.
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(Fructose in many ways reduces vitamin D actually getting to cells)
- Bad effects of fructose diet offset by Vitamin D supplementation (mice) - June 2019
- Fructose (High Fructose Corn Syrup) consumes 2X more Magnesium than sugar – May 2014
- Fructose reduces blood levels of active vitamin D
- Fructose reduces levels of active vitamin D (not measured by standard tests) – April 2014
- More colas (fructose, caffeine, phosphoric acid), lower vitamin D – July 2014
- High-fructose diet slows recovery from brain injury - TBI, rats - Oct 2015
- Off Topic: Diabetes 11X increase for just 150 calories of sugar - June 2015