New research shows that the liver turns fructose, a sweetener added to ultra-processed foods, into lipids that many types of cancers crave.
    • @[email protected]English
      16•9 days ago

      Prior to the 1960s, people consumed relatively little fructose compared with today’s numbers. A century ago, an average person consumed just 5-10 pounds of fructose per year. To put it in familiar terms, that is roughly equal to the weight of a gallon of milk. In the 21st century, that number has increased to be as high as the equivalent of 15 gallons of milk.

      Who chose these units for this article?

      • @seaQueueEnglish
        4•9 days ago

        I know right, why aren’t these expressed in stone and pints?

      • DarkThoughts
        1•8 days ago

        Pounds, a unit for weight, are too unfamiliar to you? Just imagine this container holding a unit of volume to get a “feel” for how heavy that is! But at least they didn’t use anything metric… /s