If you have high blood pressure, your doctor has probably told you a dozen times to cut way back on salt (sodium). But this works only for people who have a "salt-sensitive phenotype," which results from both genetic makeup and environmental influences.
New preliminary research offers another strategy that might work for more of us. If we cut back on the fructose that we eat from added sugars, we may be able to control high blood pressure.
Most people with diabetes have high blood pressure, or to...
High Fructose And Effects On Blood Sugar
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Hereditary fructose intolerance
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