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You can read food labels for information such as calories, carbohydrates, grease and sodium, but according to a recent study in theJournal of hepatology, you may want to look how muchadded sugars are there too.

Researchers in Switzerland recruited 94 young men in good health and were half consumed a sweet drink every day for seven weeks. The drinks contained either fructose, glucose or sucrose - all current sweeteners that are added to a range of products, cookies with salad vinaigrette. The other half of the participants were a control group, who did not have drinks.

Overall, even if the first group has not consumed more calories than before the study, the results with fructose and sucrose - the table sugar, a combination of fructose and glucose - were particularly striking . (In touch:The 7 healthiest foods to eat right now)

In a few weeks, participants in these drinks showed twice as much fat in the liver relative to those with glucose beverages. In addition, this effect has remained more than 12 hours after the last drink. It means not onlyDoes the added sugar double the amount of fat production, but it also maintains this process after your last sip or your bite.

Keep in mind that added sugar is not the same as natural sugar occurring in foods such as fruit, cereals or dairy products, according to Dietitian Martha Lawderder, the RDN, the Nutrition Professor of the Nutrition of California, Sacramento.

In fact, Lawerder says that fruits can be a great way to pass your soft resolution and still stick your weight loss or weight management goals, because all fruits are rich in micronutrients that help many systems of your body.

For example, she says that mangoes can be raised in natural sugar, but they are also packed with choline, an essential nutrient that is the key to the central nerve function. But added sugars do not have these nutrients, she adds.

Even more problematic, the type of fat production highlighted in the recent study is more than adding to your size, it stimulates your risk of foie gras disease andType 2 diabetes, researchers report.

"Limiting your added sugar consumption is definitely an important strategy for better health," says the Lawder. "The addition of options such as whole foods, healthy fats and quality protein can help reduce the consumption of sweet food."

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