Sugar: The Bitter Truth

Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 16717]

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• robert
• lustig
• sugar
• damage
• health
• diet
• pediatrics
• kids

[seriegubben]

Okay. Okay. Okay. Mkay. Mkay. Okay.

[choppero21]

the gunnshop?

[9AbscondingTurtle6]

Wonderful lecture. I just went through my cabinets and threw away everything with high fructose corn syrup in it. Thanks!!

[Arkritico]

Hereditary Fructose Intolerance could help on this case. Those individuals have an aversion to all that tastes sweet. Surely never had any fructose in their system. And with a high degree of certainty, they cannot be obese. (I'm one of them)

[lalabrige]

@csbob2010

Look at all the evidence, try what Taubes and Lustig say yourself, then write something, because otherwise your statement is meaningless at best. I've tried what they talk about, and it works.

P.S. We all have to make a living, but that doesn't mean making a living has to happen by conducting a dirty business that destroys people's lives and futures.

[csbob2010]

@Warpath2198 Gary Taubes is a journalist who is trying to sell books. Take what he says with extreme skepticism. I'll read books by people with credible degree's and experience, not some guy trying to make money.

[csbob2010]

@thumper300zx2 Calorie intake and weight gain seems a bit more basic for his intended audience, and not at all what this was about. Not saying you're wrong, but I think we all know eating 3k calories a day makes you fat.

[thumper300zx2]

Assuming a complete shift from SUCROSE to HFCS-55, we have a shift from 50% fructose/50% glucose to 55% fructose/45% glucose. Assuming EVERYTHING presented in this lecture are correct, and ASSUMING an equal consumption, the difference in fat production does not come close to comparing to the % increase in obesity. 1) We eat more than we used to and 2) OVERALL sugar consumption has raised more than the difference in fructose intake. Conclusion -- overeating w/equal (or less) exercise = obesity.

[thumper300zx2]

Problem with many of his statements...one example "JUICE CAUSES OBESITY". Incorrect. DRINKING TOO MUCH JUICE causes obesity. I actually really like his lecture, altogether. But it's unfortunate he chooses to say some things the way he does. I hope the overall effect of his dialogue is to help people decide cutting down on their sugar consumption -- even if they aren't taking in HFCS, but rather other sugars. 10 oranges a day would be stupid, just like 44 oz of soda a day is stupid.

[thumper300zx2]

@rmcdaniel423 Losing weight is a toughen up proposition. There is an ~100% correlation between eating less and losing weight (ceteris paribus). Sugar consumption has gone up dramatically (disregarding which kind) -- Sugar has been replaced by HFCS because of cost, but the effect is equal; getting fat. Shocker. EVERY PERSON ON THE BIGGEST LOSER LOSES WEIGHT. You can argue 'normal people' don't have the same resource -- doesn't change the facts - IF YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT, YOU CAN.

[lazarra101]

LOL Don't believe everything you read, do the research for yourself, take it on yourself and see what happens. I've already done it and still doing it.