How Fructose Drives Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, And Chronic Disease

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Pendulum.   The majority of foods on our market shelves
contain insane amounts of added sugar. One of the most problematic
of these sugars is fructose, which raises our levels of uric acid,
a central player in the metabolic mayhem affecting so many of us.
This doesn’t mean all foods containing fructose are bad. Like all
parts of health and nutrition, there are nuances we need to
consider to create optimal health.   In today’s episode, I
talk with Drs. David Perlmutter, Casey Means, and Richard Johnson
about how fructose and uric acid impact our physiology, why
measuring uric acid levels is so important, and how fructose
impacts our energy.    Dr. David Perlmutter is a
board-certified neurologist and five-time New York Times
bestselling author. He serves on the board of directors and is a
Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He is the author of
Grain Brain among others, and his new book, Drop Acid, was just
released. Dr. Perlmutter received his MD from the University of
Miami School of Medicine, where he was awarded the Leonard G.
Rowntree Research Award.   Dr. Casey Means is a
Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer, and cofounder of
metabolic health company Levels, an associate editor of the
International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, and a
guest lecturer at Stanford University. Her mission is to maximize
human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic
disease by empowering individuals with tools that can facilitate a
deep understanding of our bodies and inform personalized and
sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices.   Dr. Richard
Johnson is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado in
Denver and has been a practicing physician and clinical scientist
for over 25 years. He is internationally recognized for his seminal
work on the role of sugar, and its component fructose, in obesity
and diabetes. His work has also suggested a fundamental role for
uric acid (which is generated during fructose metabolism) in
metabolic syndrome. He previously authored The Sugar Fix with
Timothy Gower in 2008, and The Fat Switch in 2012. His new book,
Nature Wants Us to Be Fat, was just released.   This episode
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Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr.
David Perlmutter Dr. Casey Means Dr. Richard Johnson