Toxic Sugar

A study published in the journal Nature Communications puts forthshocking new claims about the detrimental effects of sugar intake at levels currently considered safe.

Researchers at the University of Utah fed mice a daily diet of 25 percent extra sugar — the equivalent of a healthy human diet plus three cans of soda. They found that female mice were twice as likely to die and have fewer babies than those on a diet without the added sugar. Males were 25 percent less likely to present normal territorial behavior and reproduce.

Despite this, the mice didn’t become obese or demonstrate significant metabolic symptoms. Those effects the researchers did see, however, were just as harmful to the mice’s health as being the inbred offspring of two cousins.

The study’s senior author, biology professor Wayne Potts, stressed the relevancy of the study to humans. “Our results provide evidence that added sugar consumed at concentrations currently considered safe exerts dramatic adverse impacts on mammalian health,” Potts said in a press release. “I have reduced refined sugar intake and encouraged my family to do the same,” he added.

The study contrasts with previous research work that involved feeding mice exceedingly large quantities of sugar disproportionate to levels seen in human diets.

Study Shows Sugar Is Toxic In Mice — What This Might Mean For You – By Rachel Tepper

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