Nature: How fructose in the diet leads to obesity

The study, published in the August 18th issue of "Nature", focused on the effect of a high fructose diet on villi

"The structure of fructose is different from other sugars such as glucose, and its metabolism is also different," said senior author, Dr.

The researchers do not intend to study the villi

The first author, Samuel Taylor, observed that mice that ate high-fructose diets had increased villus length

After observing the growth of the villi, the research team wanted to determine whether the functions of the villi were different

The researchers further observed the changes in fructose metabolism and found that a special metabolite of fructose, fructose-1-phosphate, is accumulating at high levels

According to Taylor, the observation of mice is meaningful from an evolutionary perspective

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Future research will focus on confirming whether the findings in mice are applicable to humans

Journal Reference :

1. Samuel R.