Uric Acid

A new study mentions how fructose metabolism leads to increased uric acid production along with cancer cell proliferation.

We now know the detrimental impact of fructose is on your uric acid level.

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Interestingly, only fructose and not glucose, drives up uric acid as part of its normal metabolic pathways

And, the connection between fructose, uric acid, hypertension, insulin resistance/diabetes and kidney disease is so clear that your uric acid level can actually be used as a marker for toxicity from fructose - meaning that if your levels are high, you're at increased risk of all the health hazards associated with fructose consumption and you really need to reduce your fructose intake.

Dr Richard Johnson has written one of the best books on the market on the health dangers of fructose, called The Sugar Fix, which explains how fructose causes high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, diabetes and kidney disease.

Now it's safe to say that cancer, at least pancreatic cancer, is also definitely on the list of diseases that are directly linked to excessive fructose consumption.

So, the next time you take some processed food, look at the label and avoid "fructose" and "high fructose corn syrup". You would be doing your body a big favour.