In other news, the fossil fuel industry may be contributing more than most to climate change
I think it’s been known that fructose negatively impacts the liver, there must be some weird fructose metabolism pathway involved in a host of diseases.
Johnson’s ultimate goal is to bring a drug that inhibits fructose metabolism to market. He’s working on formulating and testing one now, and hopes that his efforts will bear fruit in the next five years or so.
That’s… not a good idea. Why don’t we just focus on not having people eat trash food in the first place? That approach is like the They Feed Us Poison meme, but unironic.
Also, here’s a related chart that recent had some HN discussion:
HFCS in basically everything + driving everywhere instead of walking + no time / money to work out or cook healthy food = obesity epidemic.
That my hypothesis anyway. Many other countries have one or more of these issues, but it seems like America is the only one that has the full combination.
… + driving everywhere instead of walking + … = obesity epidemic
