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ThorGoLucky
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Posted - 05/18/2011 :  17:25:30  Show Profile  Visit ThorGoLucky's Homepage Send ThorGoLucky a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I posted this to the SkepTalk mailing list and it created a stir. I thought I'd share it here.

A claim of sugar (specifically fructose) toxicity article and an associated video by Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology. I know that Brian Dunning covered fructose in Skeptoid episode #157 http://skeptoid.com/#8203;episodes/4157 but Dr. Lustig shows that it is a poison (liver toxin), ~30% of fructose converts to fat, and causes leptin to be less effective at telling the brain that you don't need to eat.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

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Dude
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Posted - 05/19/2011 :  07:27:34   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Dude a Private Message  Reply with Quote
The metabolic impact is dose dependent. While I understand why he calls it a toxin, because people basically overdose on refined sugars and he wants to get attention on the subject, I don't think you can really conclude that it is a toxic substance.

The take home message should be, simply, eat less refined sugar. But that isn't anything people don't already know, is it?
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