Interventions to Reduce Sugar Consumption

Dr. Robert Lustig, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, in the Division of Endocrinology at UC San Francisco, explores how and why to reduce sugar consumption. Series: "UCSF Center for Obesity, Assessment, Study and Treatment" [7/2011] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 21693]

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Education

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• sugar
• health
• food
• nutrition

[vainamoinen17]

I like Lusitg's theories on weight loss that he laid out in "the bitter truth" and touched upon in this video. However, it is a shame that he is trying to use the government to force people to live the way he thinks they should live.

[ronskyster]

@mikefarinha

Regarding education about fat vs sugar, I think the difference is that fat is not addictive but sugar is, and Lustig's point about education is that it does not work for addictive substances.

[sundayraver]

I inject smoothies into my veins, better hit...

[JeffandKmusic]

At ~ 9:53 it is incorrectly mentioned that banana browning is caused by the Maillard Reaction. Banana peel browning is caused by enzymatic browning Not the Maillard reaction, which is a non-enzymatic browning involving amino acids and a reducing sugar.

[iwasborntobefly]

@mikefarinha i agree. but it's ultimately the fault of americans, and the dogma we believe about this country. we chase our tails because of our dogma. we have government and the business we deserve. businesses that lobby would have created a campaign that would have accused the govt of being anti-business had they not caved on subsidies. people would be told jobs would be created and would vote x person out of office for not approving subsidies. now, who is at fault?

[mikefarinha]

@iwasborntobefly I agree that big FARMA is the problem also. But big FARMA couldn't exist without government support & subsidies. Boycotting products will never be as effective as using your vote to reduce the size of government which will reduce or end the subsidies.

For example back in the early 90's, in California, my Grandpa's dairy was bought out by the government to help the dairy industry consolidate. This wasn't some corporation that bought him out but the government.

[iwasborntobefly]

@mikefarinha why is government the problem and not monsanto or con agra or tyson foods? they are the ones lobbying the government to produce "food" using whatever ingredients and processes they want. the government is not manufacturing food.

[iwasborntobefly]

@ECHutchinson exactly. you deal with things on the front end or the back end. the govt gives a leg up to big agriculture and their lobbyists on the front end so on the back end, in order to make up for their spinelessness, they try to "correct" things on the back end. imo, better to deal with it on the front end but whatevs... weird how people complain about dumb ass crap like this. people are just idiots, esp. us americans. it's embarrassing.

[iwasborntobefly]

@vainamoinen17 um, the government has always put forth nutritional standards and recommendations. also, if we are all forced to suffer from the poor eating choices people make - cost of health care - then the government maybe should have a stance when it comes to areas they fund. there's nothing wrong with directing taxpayer funded schools to not serve crappy food to our nation's children, our future.

[VinnieFelipavf654]

nun ich wiege 300 kilo