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2020-10-18 Science & Technology

Sugar, high-fructose corn syrup linked to ADHD, bipolar, aggressive behavior

Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Diets high in sugar may increase a person's risk for developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder and aggressive behaviors, according to a report published Friday by the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.

Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus suggest that fructose, a component of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, and uric acid, a fructose metabolite, may work to bring about the onset of these disorders in those genetically predisposed to them.

By lowering energy in cells, fructose "triggers a foraging response similar to what occurs in starvation," which effectively stimulates behaviors such as risk taking, impulsivity, rapid decision making and aggressiveness, the researchers said.

This foraging response shares similarities with behavioral disorders such as ADHD, as well as bipolar disorder and aggressive behavior, they said.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-10-18 03:17|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Growing up, hearing how eating too much candy & sugar would "rot our teeth out" seemed to be the least of our parents' worries. But this high-fructose corn syrup...that garbage is what bothers/worries me.

Posted by Clem 2020-10-18 09:10|| 2020-10-18 09:10|| Front Page Top

#2 HFCS is weird stuff that doesn't metabolize normally.

Just eat what your grandparents ate - natural food, real food with a fair amount of animal fats instead of synthesized lab ingredients - in reasonable proportions and you'll be ok

Posted by Tarzan Grundy7267 2020-10-18 09:54|| 2020-10-18 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Not TV shows? I thought it was TV shows.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-10-18 10:25|| 2020-10-18 10:25|| Front Page Top

#4 "...may work to bring about the onset of these disorders in those genetically predisposed to them."
And if your Uncle had ovaries 'he' would be your Aunt.

Posted by magpie 2020-10-18 10:29|| 2020-10-18 10:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Perhaps one treatment against aggressive behaviors would be for affected individuals to sit and watch Bill Barr going after the Swamp. The soothing, if not boring, effects should reduce anxiety and be somniferous.

Posted by Clem 2020-10-18 10:29|| 2020-10-18 10:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Studies on rats have shown fructose intake to instigate all markers of metabolic syndrome - increased waistline, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, lipid abnormalities, dementia, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. These studies have also shown high fructose intake to stimulate free radicals, weaken the arteries, create a fatty liver, and cause kidney damage.
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But not global climate change. Not yet. Need more studies!

Posted by Bobby 2020-10-18 12:35|| 2020-10-18 12:35|| Front Page Top

#7 But wait! Gout is the disease of royalty. So, what are certain demographic sectors complaining about?

Posted by Clem 2020-10-18 12:38|| 2020-10-18 12:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Gout is the disease of royalty.

Sure, back when only the rich could afford to overeat, Clem, and all the poor were slender. Nowadays obesity is a poverty marker, and the disease follows.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-10-18 14:20|| 2020-10-18 14:20|| Front Page Top

#9 I just read the list of things that have to much fructose in them. There's nothing left that's fun to eat. I'm going to go go jump in a volcano per the suggestion of many people I have met. They must have been referring to this article it seems, and wanted to warn me.

Posted by gorb 2020-10-18 15:41|| 2020-10-18 15:41|| Front Page Top

#10 Salted peanuts in my Pepsi was supposed to be harmful according to someone. That was 65 years ago.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-10-18 15:44|| 2020-10-18 15:44|| Front Page Top

#11 You would have been 120 by now if you hadn't eaten all those peanuts and Pepsi.

Posted by gorb 2020-10-18 17:07|| 2020-10-18 17:07|| Front Page Top

#12 I could live to 120 if I kicked my Mexican Food and quality liquor habit. My point is: "Why would I want to?"

Posted by Frank G 2020-10-18 17:10|| 2020-10-18 17:10|| Front Page Top

#13 Remember that murderer who used the Twinkie defense?

Posted by trailing wife 2020-10-18 21:50|| 2020-10-18 21:50|| Front Page Top

#14 Salt in one's beer was known to happen, not in college, mind you, but....

Posted by Clem 2020-10-18 22:55|| 2020-10-18 22:55|| Front Page Top

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