Obesity: A Disease

Obesity: A Disease


Episode 4: Article Reviews: Food Sources of Fructose-Containing Sugars and Glycaemic Control

September 02, 2019

Episode Description

In our article review podcasts, we have carefully selected recent articles included in the latest version of the OMA Obesity Algorithm.  We then discuss this new science with obesity experts. In this episode, the OMA Chief Science Officer, Dr. Harold Bays, FOMA Dipl. ABOM interviews Wickham Simonds, MD, FOMA about a publication on food sources of fructose-containing sugars and glycaemic control. Topics covered include: the health advantages of eating fruit whole as opposed to consuming fruit juices and why adding fructose into drinks potentially impairs glycaemic control and may worsen metabolic health.

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Episode Guests

Harold Bays, MD, FOMA, FTOS, FACC, FACE, FNLA, Dipl. ABOM
Wickham Simonds, MD, FOMA

Article Reviewed

Food sources of fructose-containing sugars and glycaemic control