Sweet Dreams or Bitter Nightmare: Can We Trust on Fructose?

Fructose consumption has increased dramatically in the last century in the Western diets, associated with aconcomitant development of some physiopathologies like the metabolic syndrome, obesity and diabetes. While inrodent model the link between fructose consumption and the cited metabolic perturbations is today clear, the evidencethat this could take place in humans at the current level of fructose consumption remains under debate. What is thesignificance of the data described in animal models when translated to humans? Can we trust on fructose