Here’s some surprisingly sweet science.
Americans consume far more sugar than experts recommend — a habit linked to obesity, diabetes, heart disease and a host of other health problems.
But while many people could benefit from scaling back their intake, a new study found that cutting sugar out entirely may backfire in unexpected ways.
“Completely removing sucrose from a low-fat diet may unexpectedly disrupt gut health and promote inflammation and metabolic dysfunction,” Dr. Rasheed Ahmad, principal scientist and head of the Immunology & Microbiology Department at the Dasman Diabetes Institute in Kuwait, said in a press release.
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