Fructose causes tight junction proteins to become dysfunctional through nitration, allowing bacterial lipopolysaccharides and bacteria to translocate into the portal vein and directly to the liver, causing hepatic insulin resistance, hepatic inflammation, and fatty liver disease
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Robert LustigEvidence Quote
“fructose nitrates those tight Junction proteins and causes them to be dysfunctional...lipopolysaccharide translocation into the portal vein...causing hepatic insulin resistance hepatic inflammation fatty liver disease”
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The Subcellular Processes That Belie All Chronic Disease. The Hateful (or Grateful) Eight #lustig— Emery PharmaCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:44:48 PM
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