date:Jun 29, 2012
for either sweet or savoury foods.
Halfway through the scans, participants drank 50 grams of glucose on one occasion and an equivalent amount of fructose on another occasion.
The researchers then identified which brain regions activated in response to viewing the images and how sugar consumption influenced brain activation and ratings of hunger and appetite.
In addition to high calorie foods leading to greater brain activation it was revealed that glucose ingestion, compared to fructose, ten