Abstract
Sugars and Health: The Science Behind the Hype
Highlights
This book is a most welcome initiative at a time when the nutritional value of sugars is coming under increased scrutiny by writers of popular books and by the media
Professor Luc Tappy from the University of Lausanne outlines the metabolism of nutritive sweeteners in the body and he concludes in respect to fructose ingestion in humans that 50% of the absorbed fructose is released by the liver as glucose, 25% as lactate, and that 20% is stored as liver glycogen
An important chapter examines the evidence that liquids high in nutritive sweeteners might contribute to obesity and the authors conclude: “The epidemiological data, short-term appetite and feeding studies, randomized controlled trials, and mechanistic findings strongly suggest, but do not confirm, that energyyielding beverage consumption is directly related to risk of weight gain.”
Summary
This book is a most welcome initiative at a time when the nutritional value of sugars is coming under increased scrutiny by writers of popular books and by the media. A book review on Fructose, high fructose corn syrup, sucrose, and health The book is divided into five sections: an overview, a focus on the global perspectives, on the functional effects of sugars, on sugars and health, and on sugars in chronic disease.
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