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#87 - Rick Johnson, M.D.: Fructose—The common link in high blood pressure, insulin resistance, T2D, & obesity?

The Peter Attia Drive

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Glucose snd fructose on ATP

Our body metabolizes food into ATP, which is the energy currency of the body. Metabolizing fructose can cause a significant drop in ATP levels, triggering a response that makes the body reduce metabolism and store more fat. This leads to hunger and thirst, causing us to eat more to restore energy, but at the expense of storing fuel as fat.

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