Author Interviews, JAMA, Metabolic Syndrome, Nutrition, Sugar / 09.07.2020
How Do Non-Soda Fructose-Containing Foods Affect Metabolic Syndrome Risk?
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Zhila Semnani-Azad, Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Dietary fructose-containing sugars have been suggested to be an important contributing factor to increased metabolic syndrome risk. Several studies have consistently shown a strong association between sugar-sweetened beverages and increased incidence of metabolic syndrome. There is little information, however, on the role of other food sources of fructose-containing sugars in the development of metabolic syndrome.
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