"The Trouble with Fructose: a Darwinian Perspective" by Robert Lustig, MD

[bobluhrs]

speaker was not told to repeat the questions so we can hear them. great doctor and factual speech. technical part and direction below amateur.

[bobluhrs]

harder to follow since the camera stays on the doctor, and does not hit the demo.

[Esoparagon]

@antioxidants87 I think you're confused. Sucrose is indeed the sugar in fruit. It is 'sugar'. Sucrose is half fructose and half glucose. The fructose in fruit is in the form of sucrose. Refined sugar is just pure sucrose.

[mswrayn]

@antioxidants87 "Fructose stimulates previtamin D production" ... so does dietary cholesterol. "A sugar high is caused by sucrose(refined sugar), not fructose" ... sucrose IS fructose, by about half. "Give a kid a banana, the same thing happen?" ...obviously not. Of course Dr. Lustig recommends that we eat fruits, because the fructose in fruits is a) minuscule compared the content in processed foods and beverages, and b) contained in a matrix of fiber that results in a time-released digestion.

[giddeygirl]

slides are provided, see note under Like Add to Share buttons.

[giddeygirl]

what, he should look skeletal?

[ApollosPlace]

Big drag the slides are not there :(

[nickw511]

The god damn AV people couldn't point the camera at the slides?

[morman29]

hello

[morman29]

@wormmy1 He muight look that way to you but Could you keep with him in a race ?:-)

[morman29]

why is he so chubby faced if he says fructose is so bad?

[wormmy1]

@morman29 Why is Durianrider so emaciated and David Wolfe so soft and fat? :P

[jezzieBell05]

@wormmy1 Durianrider is a marathoner "not emaciated" and David Wolfe is a phony who probably eats burgers while no-one is looking.;)

[kht124]

I feel so dim

[animejoao]

well this is the way that nature works, we for a long time tought in a mechanical way eat get fat, eat more than need and you will get fat, in fact this is not true the world its not mechanical it is quemical, for everything has a quemical reaction and its this that are make we fat. amazing right.

[payasoinfeliz]

is fat storage really about saving for a rainy day? if you starve a skinny guy and a fat guy, starting at the same point in time, does the fat one live longer? any studies on this?

[Tryptyophan]

@payasoinfeliz

yes. I'm not sure if there have ever been official studies, but the principle is completely correct.  This is assuming adequate water and vitamin/mineral intake.

[jezzieBell05]

@Tryptyophan there was a study! An overweight man survived nearly half a year! He was monitored and given vitamins and minerals.

[GoddessYummy2u]

very informative video!