Thursday, February 23, 2012

Toxic Sugar: Should We Regulate It Like Alcohol?

Three leading obesity researchers claim that "added sugar in all forms... is as perilous to public health as a controlled substance like alcohol." They advocate for a way to reduce sugar consumption worldwide. A 2010 United Nations report stated that more people are dieing from "lifestyle diseases" than from infectious diseases. Dr. Lustic claims that sugar is a toxicant that contributes to many major fatal conditions, like cardie-vascular disease and cancer. He also says that sugar is not a "poison" because of the calories, but because of its other properties.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/sugar-toxic-regulation_n_1248397.html

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