An October 2023 study by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus found that, the primary problem in obesity is fructose, which is present in table sugar and high fructose corn syrup.
“Essentially, these theories [the “fructose survival hypothesis”], which put a litany of metabolic and dietary drivers at the center of the obesity epidemic, are all pieces of a puzzle unified by one last piece: fructose,”
“Fructose is what triggers our metabolism to go into low power mode and lose our control of appetite, but fatty foods become the major source of calories that drive weight gain.”
“This theory views obesity as a low-energy state,”
“Identifying fructose as the conduit that redirects active energy replacement to fat storage shows that fructose is what drives energy imbalance, which unites theories.”