The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 2): Sickeningly Sweet
4/23/2012; 9 minutes
Dr. Robert Lustig illustrates the overabundance of sugar in today's processed convenience foods and explains how our bodies metabolize these sugars in the same way as alcohol or other toxins, causing damage to the liver and other organs. (#23591)
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Fructose: Metabolic, Hedonic, and Societal Parallels with Ethanol, by Robert H. Lustig (Journal of the American Dietetic Association, September 2010)
- Public Health: The Toxic Truth About Sugar (Nature article by Robert Lustig, Laura Schmidt and Claire Brindis)
- The Fructose Epidemic, by Robert H. Lustig (The Bariatrician, June 2009)
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