Introduction: In recent decades fructose has largely replaced sucrose as a sweetener in prepared foods and in carbonated soft drinks. Scientific researches reveal that high fructose diet may contribute to metabolic disturbances such as hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome and obesity.
Aims: To investigate what part of the Bulgarian population use products, which contain fructose; to make an overview of the latest scientific data on the fructose effects on human health.
Methods: An inquiry among students of Medical university of Varna was conducted and the data was processed; after a survey of various websites for biomedical literature, certain publications in recent years were selected and summarized.
Results: Scientific studies from recent years expand our knowledge of the negative effects of high-fructose diet on human health. Fructose, consumed with mixed meals, results in altered levels of circulating insulin and leptin and to attenuated postprandial suppression of ghrelin. A big part of the population is not acquainted with the harmful effects of products with fructose.
Conclusion: Excessive consumption of fructose may be one of the causes of health problems such as metabolic disturbances and obesity in the Bulgarian population.
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