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Sugar too sweet for men.

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A Lausanne University study says men have more trouble with sugar than women. The sexes appear to differ in how they metabolise high levels of fructose, a simple sugar commonly used to sweeten drinks and foods.

A short-term intake of fructose among young men resulted in increased blood fats and increased insulin resistance, factors associated with an elevated risk for cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes, said Dr. Luc Tappy and his colleagues at the Lausanne University School of Biology and Medicine.

The study enlisted 16 healthy, non-smoking men and women of normal weight and about 23 years of age, to follow two different six-day diets separated by a four-week washout period.

The eight men and eight women did not participate in any sports or exercise while following either the control diet or the diet that included a lemon-flavoured...

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