Limiting fructose may boost weight loss.

A recent study has shown that limiting fructose may boost weight loss. It looks like science is finally catching up to what is obvious to the eye. For over 20 years, the average American diet has had fructose substituted for sucrose and in that time obesity has shot up. If you read the study and think about the seasons, it makes a lot of sense. Fruit is generally available in the late summer and early fall and most mammals are laying on fat to get ready for a long winter. It would be a survival advantage to convert fructose to fat in as few steps as possible.

We had a great weekend, the highlight was watching the start of the Ausable River Race Marathon. Over 50 two-person teams canoed non-stop for 120 miles. The first team finished in a little over 14 hours. The race began Saturday night at 9:00 PM in Grayling, Michigan. So navigating a river at night makes it all the more amazing. The start of the race is a 4 block sprint and then a plunge into the river. It is very exciting, especially the part where we ran through back yards to see the teams paddling the first stretch of the river after seeing them running pell-mell down the streets of Grayling.