At around 1h16m, Dr. Rick Johnson talks about how the human body on a high salt diet can convert glucose to fructose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbSic4Oo8

At around 1h16m, Dr. Rick Johnson talks about how the human body on a high salt diet can convert glucose to fructose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbSic4Oo8ME&t=4590s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbSic4Oo8ME&t=4590s If you're eating a high glucose/carb diet, the body will convert glucose to fructose. Enough fructose will switch your body from fat-burning to fat-storage mode => obesity. Hypertension (high blood pressure) can be caused by high uric acid levels. Foods high in fructose and purines (beer, anchovies) will increase uric acid. I sound like a spokesperson for this video, but watch the video for how fructose (and high purine content food - beer, anchovies et al.) causes high uric acid -> high blood pressure and gout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbSic4Oo8ME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbSic4Oo8ME