Robert Lustig is a physician (pediatric endocrinologist) and medical researcher. In this engaging and wide-ranging talk, he identifies the most important cause of America's epidemic of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary disease, liver disease, and metabolic disorder. The culprit is sugar, specifically fructose. . . . (Continued under "Credits.")
(Continued:) Industry is increasing the amount of fructose in packaged foods, including and especially soda. High fructose corn syrup is not the only villain: many forms are bad, including table sugar (which the body turns into fructose).
Lustig explores the politics, economics, and biochemistry behind this now-global problem.
With an introduction by K.D.
Robin Upton, of Unwelcome Guests, adapted Lustigs lecture to radio (www.unwelcomeguests.net). A video is available on YouTube.
"New World Notes" is produced under the auspices (Latin for "fluorescent glare") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
More details, photos, nice links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
SERIES OVERVIEW -- Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for. "Date recorded," below, = date of first scheduled broadcast.
You can download this program also from The Internet Archive (www.archive.org). The page with the download links is here: https://archive.org/download/NewWorldNotes438-SugarTheBitterTruthPart1
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