Fatty Liver and Fructose Beverages

Fructose beverages may spur fatty liver disease progression.
The Los Angeles Times (3/18, Healy) "Booster Shots" blog reported that, according to a paper published in Hepatology, "for those with nonalcoholic fatty liver, drinking a lot of beverages sweetened with fructose may do the same thing as liquor," that is, spur disease progression. In fact, "compared to subjects who drank the least fructose beverages, those who drank the most were significantly more likely to have the hepatic scarring that will more often progress to cirrhosis or liver cancer." Duke researchers also found that "older subjects who regularly consumed fructose beverages showed more signs of liver inflammation."