To eat too much fruit and to get a sense of direction? Fructose proved to weaken spatial memory

By Georgia State Rate University research,FructoseIt was found that spatial memory damage was observed in rats fed with abundant diet.

Fructose is also called fructose, it is contained in fruit as much as its name, as well as "glucose fructose liquid sugar" and "fructose glucose sugar" used as sweetener for many soft drinks and confectionery It is. In general, fruits have a good image on their bodies, but do not they eat too much to get memory?

Details are as below.Eating High Levels Of Fructose Impairs Memory In Rats

Associate Professor Marise Parent of the neuroscience and psychology of Georgia State University laboratory has developed an adult Sprague Dawley rat (Albino's widely used for medical researchRatA group of) gives food so that 60% of the calorie intake per day is derived from fructose, and these rats are placed on the base (if the table is not used, the rat can not get out of the water) I put it in a pool and let me learn to get out of the water looking for a base. Two days later I put rats in the same pool from which the bottom table was removed and tried to swim to the place where there should be a table.

"Fructose did not affect the learning ability of rats, but as removing the platform seems to make it impossible to remember where the platform was located These groups of rats are randomly distributed from the control group given the usual diet I swam around, "Parent Associate Professor.

FructoseglucoseUnlike other saccharides, it is mostly digested only by the liver,TriacylglycerolIs made.

Triacylglycerol is one of the triglycerides carried throughout the body by the bloodstream, which is important in the brain for survival and plasticity of nerve cells and the brain to change based on new experiencesInsulinThere is a possibility that it may hinder the work of.

Similar results were obtained in young rats before becoming adult but it is not clear whether fructose influence is permanent or not.

It is unlikely that humans would eat as much high fructose diet as that given to rats in this experiment, but in recent years the intake of foods containing fructose as a sweetener has increased steadily. Overfeeding fructoseInsulin resistance·Type 2 diabetes- It is linked to various health problems including obesity and cardiovascular disease.

"We are trying to eat one apples a day as a source of fructose, but now everything contains fructose, eating with moderation and exercise is also important," said Parent Associate The professor says.

In her laboratory we are planning to study if the movement can reduce the influence of fructose on memory as a next step. It is also under investigation that suppression of increase of triacylglycerol by ingestion of fish oil and prevention of memory impairment. These findings are expected to be announced by a graduate student Emily Bruggeman at the Neuroscience Society in Chicago this autumn.

Because it may be a heavy burden on the liver, taking too much fructose is a place I want to pay attention to too much drinking of soft drinks and sweets.