Fructose Triggers Our Metabolism To Go Into Low Power Mode

Essentially, the energy balance theory and the carbohydrate-insulin theory, which put a litany of metabolic and dietary drivers at the center of the obesity epidemic, are all pieces of a puzzle unified by one last piece: fructose. Fructose is what triggers our metabolism to go into low power mode and lose our control of appetite, but fatty foods become the major source of calories that drive weight gain.