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Is Fructose Good for You?

I am a LPN Nurse recuperating from being very sick, this is how I ate myself back to health. This article continues telling the story of my research into a different kind of nutrition.

By Joan McDaniel         

What is Fructose?

Fructose has been deemed to be healthy because it comes from fruit.  It exists as a natural part of fruit.  If you only ate one or two pieces of fruit a day you would be ok but Fructose is also being used as a food additive called High Fructose Corn Syrup.  Americans are over consuming HFCS, at an alarming rate causing many serious ramifications besides Obesity.

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A new UCLA study has just shown that a steady diet high in fructose can damage your memory and learning. The study was published in the Journal of Physiology.

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