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The main title in the article ("The Toxic Truth") is a tribute to UCSF's famous Dr. Lustig of the lecture "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" [1], which is a fascinating and well worthwhile lecture about the biochemistry of fructose as it relates to obesity. I thought I'd just watch a few minutes of it and ended up sitting through it and learning a whole lot.

He also wrote a book on the topic("Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease")[2].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

[2] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0095ZMPTU/



Lustig has always stuck me as a bit alarmist. Another red flag are his attempts to capitalize on his increase in popularity. That being said, he does seem sincere and not attempting to spread disinformation as such.

A somewhat old, but measured take on some of Lustig’s claims: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/is-sugar-rea...


Here's another serious and level-headed look at Dr. Lustig's claims. He's an alarmist, and we don't need those.

http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/01/29/the-bitter-truth-ab...




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