The Peter Attia Drive

The Peter Attia Drive

#194 - How fructose drives metabolic disease | Rick Johnson, M.D.

Feb 7, 2022 · 02:05:28

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Rick Johnson explains how fructose drives metabolic disease.
Fructose metabolism's ancestral benefits and modern hazards.
Discusses how the body generates fructose from glucose.

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