In the last century or so, the amount of sugar people consume regularly has skyrocketed. Let’s say for example, you drink a can of soda. Your gut quickly absorbs the fiber-free sugar in the soda, which includes fructose and glucose. The glucose spikes your blood sugar, which sets off a cascade of hormonal responses that stores belly fat, increases inflammation, raises triglycerides, and blood pressure. The fructose goes right to your liver, where it starts manufacturing fat, which triggers more insulin resistance and causes chronically elevated blood insulin levels. It can also cause fatty liver, which generates more inflammation.
Health journalist Gary Taubes and I discuss sugar and its damaging effects on our body in the new episode of The Doctor's Farmacy, which you can watch right here on YouTube:
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