Fructose is commonly found in sugary drinks, sweets, and processed foods and is used widely in food production.
It is associated with obesity, type-2 diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its intake has increased substantially throughout the developed world in recent years.
However, understanding the impact of fructose on the immune system of people who consume it at high levels, has been limited until now.
The new study shows that fructose causes the immune system to become inflamed and that process produces more reactive molecules which are associated with inflammation.
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has signed off on the order to extradite Nirav Modi, wanted in India on fraud and money laundering charges related to the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, senior Indian diplomatic sources in the UK said on Friday. Modi, 50, who remains behind bars at Wandsworth Prison in southwest London, has 14 days to apply for permission to appeal against the Home Secretary’s order in the High Court in London. Back on February 25, the Westminster Magistrates’ Court had concluded that the diamond merchant has a case to answer before the Indian courts, leaving the sign off on the order with the Cabinet minister.
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The ousted Myanmar ambassador to the UK said he had an invalid passport and needed “papers” as he faces possible eviction from his London residence.Speaking from behind the padlocked gates of his residence in Hampstead, north-west London, Kyaw Zwar Minn said he was not sure whether he was going to be evicted on Friday and was waiting on embassy staff to arrive.
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Focus on healthcare for ethnic minority communities must continue and improve once the coronavirus pandemic is over, a doctor has said.Dr Faith Uwadiae, an immunologist at the Crick Institute in London, is one of a number of experts to have joined Team Halo, a UN-supportive initiative which is using TikTok to spread positive messages about the Covid vaccines and tackle misinformation.
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