Sugars, obesity, and cardiovascular disease: results from recent randomized control trials
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The relationship between sugar consumption and various health-related sequelas is controversial. Some investigators have argued that excessive sugar consumption is associated with increased risk of obesity, coronary heart disease, diabetes (T2D), metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and stimulation of reward pathways in the brain potentially causing excessive caloric consumption. These concerns have influenced organizations such as the World Health Organization, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition in England not to exceed 5 % of total energy and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Advisory Committee 2015 to recommend upper limits of sugar consumption not to exceed 10 % of calories. Data from many randomized control trials (RCTs) do not support linkages between sugar consumption at normal levels within the human diet and various adverse metabolic and health-related effects. Fructose and glucose are typically consumed together in roughly equal proportions from high-fructose corn syrup (also known as isoglucose in Europe) or sucrose. The purpose of this review is to present data from recent RCTs and findings from recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses related to sugar consumption and its putative health effects. This review evaluates findings from recent randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses into the relationship of sugar consumption and a range of health-related issues including energy-regulating hormones, obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and accumulation of liver fat and neurologic responses. Data from these sources do not support linkages between sugar consumption at normal levels within the human diet and various adverse metabolic and health-related effects.
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The Legume-Nut dietary pattern's high carbohydrate and sugar content, particularly from potatoes and certain legumes, may lead to rapid blood sugar spikes in the absence of sufficient dietary fiber, increasing metabolic syndrome risk.
“This diet is predominantly characterized by a high intake of carbohydrates and sugars, particularly from potatoes and certain legumes that naturally contain significant amounts of starches and sugars [29,30]. In the absence of sufficient dietary fiber to mitigate these effects, there is an elevated risk of rapid blood sugar spikes [31].”
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The citation is attached to the claim that insufficient dietary fiber increases the risk of rapid blood-sugar spikes. The paper’s “Sugars and diabetes” section discusses sugar intake, glucose tolerance, and diabetes risk, but does not address whether fiber mitigates blood-sugar spikes from potatoes or legumes. Searches for dietary fiber, postprandial glucose, starch, and legumes found no passage establishing that mechanism. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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- Authors
- Rippe, J. M., & Angelopoulos, T. J.
- Affiliations
- Rippe Health (US)
- Emory and Henry College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rippe, James M.
- ORCID
- Rippe, James M.
- Venue
- European Journal of Nutrition
- Published
- 2016-07-14
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- S2
- Pages
- 45-53
- ISSN
- 0044-264X (ISSN-L)
- 1436-6207
- 1435-1293
- PMC
- PMC5174142
- OpenAlex
- W2469191570
- Cited by
- 88
- References
- 104
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 1.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Keywords
- sugar consumption, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, sucrose, obesity, cardiovascular disease, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, brain reward system, dietary guidelines
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Blood Pressure, Brain, Energy Intake, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Energy Metabolism, Fructose, Glucose, Humans, Lipids, Obesity, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Dietary Sucrose, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, High Fructose Corn Syrup
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