Voedingsadvies El MondoResearch Question:
Fructose is widely used as a sweetener in many foods, but the relationship between the intake of fructose and cholesterol remains uncertain. It was therefore carried out this review article.
Eating fructose increases cholesterol levels?
Study Design:
This overview article included 24 Rcts with 474 participants.
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that eating fructose had no significant effect on the HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol).
The researchers found that eating 100 grams of fructose per day or more, the triglyceride levels significantly with 13 mg/dL [95% CI = 4.7-21.3, p = 0.002] increased. Significant is, there is a link at a 95% reliability.
The researchers found that eating 100 grams of fructose per day or more, the LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) significantly with 11.6 mg/dL [95% CI = 4.4-18.9, p = 0.002] increased.
The researchers concluded that eating 100 grams of fructose per day or more, both triglycerides and LDL-cholesterol levels increased.
Original title:
Very High Fructose Intake Increases Serum LDL-Cholesterol and Total Cholesterol: A Meta-Analysis of Controlled Feeding Trials by Zhang YH, An T, [...], Zhang j.
Link:
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/143/9/1391.abstract
Additional information about El Mondo:
Heart patients often have both a high triglycerides and LDL-cholesterol levels.