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Diet seems like the obvious one. Both in big picture sense like high fructose corn syrup vs sugar cane, but also on ingredients. EU bans a bunch of stuff the US
by Havoc 2y ago
Diet seems like the obvious one. Both in big picture sense like high fructose corn syrup vs sugar cane, but also on ingredients. EU bans a bunch of stuff the US does not. Presumably a couple of misses in there, but probably also some hits.
Applying that over an entire population for their entire life...a couple years diff sounds plausible
- skissane 2y ago> Both in big picture sense like high fructose corn syrup vs sugar cane, but also on ingredients. This is an interesting one. I was of the impression that HFCS is worse for you than sugar cane, but in the past when I've repeated that statement here, I've had people disagree with it. But, I just found this meta-analysis – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9551185/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9551185/ – which suggests an association between HFCS consumption and increased CRP (C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation) A study (standard IN MICE disclaimer) suggesting that HFCS may contribute to NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) and NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) – https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-high-fructose-intake-may-trigger-fatty-liver-disease https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-hig... – and NASH sometimes (not always) progresses to liver cirrhosis, plus it also significantly increases the risk of liver cancer. The proposed mechanism is that fructose causes greater injury to the intestinal lining than other sugars, and the injured intestinal lining allows more bacterial toxins into the liver, which causes liver injury.
- ctchocula 2y agoThis is good info. Thanks for sharing!