This is your brain on sugar — for real. Scientists have used imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose, a sugar that saturates the American diet, can trigger brain changes that may lead to overeating.
Brain image study: Fructose may spur overeating
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 | 4:43 p.m. CST
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