May
3
2010
Review and summary of “Sugar: The bitter truth”
Dr. Robert Lustig lectures on the perils of sugar, Fructose in particular.
He talks about how obesity has risen at the same time as fat consumption has decreased, how soft drinks and the invention of High-Fructose Corn Syrop are two of the larger culprits and the biochemistry of Fructose.
Below I have summed up the lecture in plain English, simplifying facts and eliminating scientific terms. Towards the end I sum up a few points from a rebuttal and end with my own opinion of the lecture.