Forever Twenty

A new study at the University of Cincinnati suggests that sweetening beverages with fructose adds body fat. It's not just the fact that calories are consumed but fructose appears to affect your metabolism in such a way that it encourages fat storage.

The team led by Matthias Tschvp allowed mice to freely consume either water, fructose sweetened water or soft drinks. They found increased body fat in the mice that drank the fructose-sweetened water and soft drinks--despite that fact that these animals decreased the amount of calories they consumed from solid food.

posted by Jennifer  # 6:28 PM