Keeping the simple sugar fructose, particularly high-fructose corn syrup, off the menu can help avert health issues including obesity, fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes. Fructose accelerates the conversion of sugar to fat, researchers noted. Fructose turns on the metabolic pathways that converts it to fat and stores it in the body, adding weight. At the same time, patients are getting healthier without dieting or counting calories,” Dr. Winters says. ###About The Journal of the American Osteopathic AssociationThe Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA) is the official scientific publication of the American Osteopathic Association.