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Apples and oranges are toxic to the liver? I don't buy it.

• rosser 13y ago
  Apples and oranges aren't toxic to the liver, fructose is. [1][2][3] When found in fruit, fructose is bound up tightly with fiber, which drastically slows the rate at which it is absorbed and metabolized. Unbound, in fructose-sweetened products, it pretty much slams into your liver, which is then forced to deal with the onslaught. [1] Fructose Consumption as a Risk Factor for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2423467/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2423467/ [2] Abundance of fructose not good for the liver, heart: http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Heart_Letter/2011/September/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Heart_Lett... [3] High Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to Liver Scarring, Research Suggests: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100322204628.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100322204628.ht...