Excessive consumption of fructose - a sweetener ubiquitous in the American diet - can result in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is comparably abundant in the United States. But ...

Excessive consumption of fructose -- a sweetener ubiquitous in the American diet -- can result in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is comparably abundant in the United States. But ...

Excessive fructose consumption has emerged as a potent driver of liver injury through its unique metabolic handling in hepatocytes. Unlike glucose, fructose is rapidly phosphorylated by ketohexokinase ...

A team of international researchers including Monash University academics has discovered that, contrary to previous belief, fructose causes liver toxicity by changing the barrier function of the ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising connection between sugar metabolism and alcohol addiction, identifying a potential new therapeutic target for treating alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) and ...

Cellular experiments Cancer cells cannot use fructose as fuel because they lack a certain enzyme that metabolizes it. Instead, like normal cells, they use glucose as their energy source but do not ...

Fructose is a sugar that occurs naturally in fruits, vegetables, and honey. Fructose malabsorption is a type of food sensitivity that affects 40% of those in the Western hemisphere. As with other food ...