Nutritionist Richard Johnson said that the main cause of weight gain is fructose, not fats and carbohydrates. This monosaccharide increases the feeling of hunger, causing the person to eat more. Research results published At Wiley Online Library.
Some nutritionists recommend reducing your sugar intake, while others recommend reducing your carbohydrate intake. Others believe you need to limit fat to lose weight. Researcher Richard Johnson from Anschutz University in Colorado believes that fructose is the main cause of excess weight.
Fructose (fruit sugar, C6H12O6) is a monosaccharide and one of the most common sugars in nature. Fructose is widely used as a sweetener in the food industry. Fructose can also be produced in the body from carbohydrates (especially glucose).
It turns out that this type of sugar reduces the level of active energy (ATP or adenosine triphosphate) in the body, which causes hunger. As a result, a person loses control over his appetite and begins to consume large amounts of carbohydrates, fatty and high-calorie foods. Such food is not a cause of weight gain, but a means by which a person tries to replenish energy.
The scientist also noted that fructose causes the body to go into low activity mode. Bears eat fruit before hibernating because it allows them to calm down and reduce the consumption of calories already stored in the form of fat. The same thing happens in the human body – energy regeneration from fat slows down due to the action of fructose.
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