Fructose is a toxin that our body has learned to convert into energy. This causes it to have "hormetic" effect on sugar metabolism, allowing the body to process the glucose with less insulin. This might have been an acquired evolutionary trait since the two are mostly found together in food, and almost always combined with other quality nutrients.
But it also means that when you overfeed on fructose you are going from hormetic to toxic and start to change metabolism towards diabetic state because the liver gets so stressed. Add unsaturated fat to the mix and you are getting a double whammy. Add alcohol and it is triple assault since it stresses almost same metabolic pathway as fructose.
But it also means that when you overfeed on fructose you are going from hormetic to toxic and start to change metabolism towards diabetic state because the liver gets so stressed. Add unsaturated fat to the mix and you are getting a double whammy. Add alcohol and it is triple assault since it stresses almost same metabolic pathway as fructose.