The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 7): Drugs, Cigarettes, Alcohol…and Sugar?
5/25/2012; 8 minutes
UCSF experts offer a frank indictment of the country's agricultural policy and food industry, which have made it nearly impossible to avoid sugar in our daily diet, and suggestions for possible remedies. (#23723)
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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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