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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• sugar
• damage
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• diet
• pediatrics
• kids

[BOX5500]

There's a lot of people bashing the consumption of fruit based on the teachings in this video. But at 1:13:48 the lecturer himself says fruit is OK! It's the UNNATURAL intake of sugar in man made PROCESSED foods with ADDED sugar that is the issue at hand. Unnatural is unhealthy.

[ThatsNotPoetry]

Anyone uncertain about fruits and honey need to learn more about nutrition and your body's responses to these things. Don't make assumptions, and rather than relying on internet strangers, do some research and learn about your own body.

[bashful228]

@ToasterRecording Wow it's so funny being pwnd by some kid who can't even remember her Yr8 Chemistry, let alone a PhD in biochemistry.

"Alcohol is sugar", you gotta love the science prizes YouTube is giving out these days!

You want to learn something real, read "Grain Damage" by Doug Graham about those complex carbs of yours derived from grains. I can observe the physiology in my own body when I eat those "complex carbs" from grains, they are not a superior source of carbs, just opiates.

[mikeity2009]

It's not gonna pass, They want to conrol what we download,Listen too,Learn and now what we eat? Fuck that, i like soda every now and than if this happens by by gay america time to move to britain or canada...

[gadsiegadsie]

I wish my parents would understand this. They think I've got anorexia because I don't wanna eat/drink refined sugars.

[seaXcrow]

What's most interesting are all the pro-fructose and surely-not comments from those who seem impervious to the evidence and arguments presented by Dr Lustig. I wonder if one unnoticed toxic side-effect of high dietary fructose is having the attention span and mental capacity of a gnat...

[yunalesco]

One point I miss in the discussion. Fat can be devided into essential fats (long chain unsaturated fats) and bad fats ( saturated fats, especially the short chain). By decreasing the amount of fats, and increasing the amount of sugars, you are also decreasing the amount of essential fats and increasing the amount of non-essential fats via lipogenises. The non-essential fats decrease HDL and increase LDL, so amplifying it.

[yunalesco]

@BOX5500

That's correct! Complex sugars aren't bad. It's indeed the simple sugars that is disbalancing your blood glucose, insuline and other processes. However,..it's about the amount of usage. Drinking a coke isn't bad, but the intake of water by coca cola (2liters per day) is nice for the short time, but destructive for the long term.

[arieger2010]

We ought to be using sugars to create alcohol based fuels for our cars... The retrofit is typically ~400 and allows drivers to 'flip a switch' and burn ethanol derived from sugars derived from grasses and grains.

[ToasterRecording]

@bashful228 But fructose IS bad. That's the point. The best way to fuel your body is with complex carbohydrates such as wholemeal bread and food such as oats that are found in most mueslis. Fructose is compatible to alcohol in severity to damaging your health. Because in case you didn't know, alcohol is sugar. Ideally, water is the ONLY thing people should be drinking, you do not need any other drink in your diet.

[ZMugg1]

@ch72105 Cirrhosis will set in after 20 min.