Fructose Gives Rats Memory and Heart Troubles
Monday, August 10, 2009 10:00
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Here’s an idea–get a bunch of lab rats hopped up on sugar and see what happens. Someone tried it, and no, rats don’t get a sugar rush.
Instead, they get dopey. Rats fed lots of fructose developed problems with spatial memory.
Spatial memory refers to a person’s ability to navigate a familiar place, or the way a rat locates food through a maze. How fitting.