Research published this week shows that fructose may be the central factor driving obesity because it triggers cravings for fatty foods and carbohydrates, while blocking the body’s ability to use stored energy from fat.
Oct. 20, 2023 – Obesity researchers have struggled to pinpoint the cause of the illness. They have observed links between obesity and genetics, diabetes, caloric intake, high fat foods, and carbohydrates. Now, a new theory suggests that all of those factors matter, but the key driver of obesity may be fructose.
Ultimately, fructose drives people to eat more food that then is stored as fat, in a cycle that continues to block the body from using that stored energy while telling it to acquire more. When observed in other mammals in nature, the cycle is typically triggered in times of crisis. The researchers called it “a spectacular system that prepares animals for a time when food, water, or oxygen are less plentiful, such as in preparation for long distance migration or hibernation.
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