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| Title |
Added Fructose A Principal Driver of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Consequences
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Mayo Clinic Proceedings, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.12.019 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
James J. DiNicolantonio, James H. O'Keefe, Sean C. Lucan |
| Abstract |
Data from animal experiments and human studies implicate added sugars (eg, sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup) in the development of diabetes mellitus and related metabolic derangements that raise cardiovascular (CV) risk. Added fructose in particular (eg, as a constituent of added sucrose or as the main component of high-fructose sweeteners) may pose the greatest problem for incident diabetes, diabetes-related metabolic abnormalities, and CV risk. Conversely, whole foods that contain fructose (eg, fruits and vegetables) pose no problem for health and are likely protective against diabetes and adverse CV outcomes. Several dietary guidelines appropriately recommend consuming whole foods over foods with added sugars, but some (eg, recommendations from the American Diabetes Association) do not recommend restricting fructose-containing added sugars to any specific level. Other guidelines (such as from the Institute of Medicine) allow up to 25% of calories as fructose-containing added sugars. Intake of added fructose at such high levels would undoubtedly worsen rates of diabetes and its complications. There is no need for added fructose or any added sugars in the diet; reducing intake to 5% of total calories (the level now suggested by the World Health Organization) has been shown to improve glucose tolerance in humans and decrease the prevalence of diabetes and the metabolic derangements that often precede and accompany it. Reducing the intake of added sugars could translate to reduced diabetes-related morbidity and premature mortality for populations. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 389 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 102 | 26% |
| United Kingdom | 31 | 8% |
| Australia | 16 | 4% |
| Canada | 15 | 4% |
| Spain | 9 | 2% |
| Mexico | 8 | 2% |
| Brazil | 6 | 2% |
| South Africa | 4 | 1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 36 | 9% |
| Unknown | 159 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 287 | 74% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 68 | 17% |
| Scientists | 27 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 5 | 1% |
| Unknown | 2 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 205 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 201 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 46 | 22% |
| Researcher | 25 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 25 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 9% |
| Other | 16 | 8% |
| Other | 28 | 14% |
| Unknown | 46 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 25% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 10% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 24 | 12% |
| Unknown | 57 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 614. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 March 2024.
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