Why does excess fructose consumption potentially cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)?

💡 Explanation

Excess fructose is primarily metabolized in the liver, because it bypasses regulatory steps in glycolysis that control glucose metabolism; therefore, the flux overwhelmingly favors hepatic lipogenesis (fat production), rather than systemic glucose utilization or glycogen storage, leading to NAFLD.

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