Adverse metabolic effects of dietary fructose: Results from the recent epidemiological, clinical, and mechanistic studies

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 198-206

  Stanhope, Kimber L ^a   Schwarz, Jean Marc ^b,c   Havel, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Touro University California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fructose; High fructose corn syrup; Metabolic disease; Sucrose; Sugar

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; CARBOHYDRATE; FRUCTOKINASE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL STUDY; FRUCTOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUGAR INTAKE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; FRUCTOKINASES; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RISK FACTORS; URIC ACID;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84880131754     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: 14736535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e3283613bca     Document Type: Review

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