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What do the Atkins Diet and the Japanese Diet have in common?

Both work, but one empasizes meat and fat and the other emphasizes carbs.

So why do both work?

Both diets eliminate Fructose. 


For years fructose sugar was touted as a safer sugar for diabetics and pre-diabetics, or those that have been labeled as Syndrome X. 

However research is now showing that this form of sugar is likely more dangerous than the other sugars for diabetics and everybody else. 

An ever-increasing number of studies show that sugared drinks and foods cause fatty liver, obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart attacks, kidney damage and premature death. A review of recent studies shows that fructose may be more damaging than other sugars (Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, November 29, 2010).

Fructose is found in:
• fruit juices (sucrose, which is glucose and fructose bound together in a single molecule),
• table sugar from sugar cane and beets (sucrose),
• honey (mostly glucose and fructose separate from each other), and
• drinks and foods that contain High Fructose Corn Syrup (glucose and fructose, separate from each other).
• Sucrose is also found in most fruits and many vegetables....fitness and health with dr. gabe mirkin

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In the video below Dr. Robert Lustig explains the reason why Fructose is so dangerous. 

Although lengthy, this is a must see video.

....Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 16717]...youtube