High-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener made from corn starch, is widely found in common foods. Due to its widespread use, the consumption of fructose has increased over the past five decades. “If you ...

Fructose aids tumour growth, but cancer cells usually lack the enzymes needed to metabolize this sugar. The liver converts dietary fructose to lipids that enter the blood, and cancer cells use the ...

High fructose intake is increasingly linked to fatty liver disease, as studies show sugar overload stresses the liver more than commonly blamed junk foods.

Fructose, the most common food sweetener, is widely used in processed sugary beverages, candies, and baked goods. Excessive fructose intake is closely associated with metabolic diseases like obesity, ...

Fructose has steadily been on the rise in Western diets as high-fructose corn syrup, an inexpensive sweetnener, has become popular. A downside of this fructose boom is that fructose is known to fuel ...

Scientists have long known that cancer cells are hungry for glucose, a simple sugar our bodies use for energy. So let's keep that in mind: Cancer has a sweet tooth, a scientific fact established about ...

High-fructose corn syrup has been the "enemy of all mankind for some time now, responsible for a motley assortment of ailments, including obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.

Does fructose, one of today's boogeymen, cause cancer? According to a fascinating paper in Nature, it does so in cultured cells, zebrafish, and mice by creating a specific class of lipids that are ...