Diets enriched with dried fruits enhance hepatic lipid accumulation in mice
Ritze, Y.; Bárdos, G.; Rolke, C.; Saum, K.; Bischoff, S. · Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin · 2012 · Heft 3 · S. 1 bis 1
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Background: The dramatic rise of obesity is assumed to correlate with an increased fructose intake in the last decades. The question is whether fructose in fruit has the same effects as free fructose since not only the consumption of sweets and sweetened beverages but also of fruit and fruit juices has increased. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of free fructose or fructose in dried mango or raisins on the gastrointestinal tract and the liver in mice. Methods: C57BL/6-mice were divided into 5 groups (n=6 per group) and were fed either purified control diet, 18% free fructose in die…