Fructose: Not sweet enough for brown fat?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Kaja Plucińska; Samir Zaman; Paul Cohen
- Source
- Cell reports. Medicine. 3(9)
- Subject
- Cross-Over Studies
Glucose
Adipose Tissue, Brown
Humans
Fructose
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
- Language
- ISSN
- 2666-3791
In a randomized crossover study in humans, high fructose feeding reduced glucose uptake in brown fat without affecting the tissue's oxidative capacity. These effects were independent of alterations in the gut microbiome.