The Los Angeles Times (7/30, Hernandez) "Booster Shots" blog reported that, according to research published online July 13 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, "Americans are cutting back on the amount of added sugar they're eating...-- from about 3.5 ounces a day in 2000 (25 teaspoons, or 375 calories) to 2.7 ounces a day in 2008 (19 teaspoons, … Continue reading Americans Cutting Back On Added Sugar
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Expert Makes Case That Sugar Is A Toxin
In a lengthy article, Gary Taubes, a Robert Woods Johnson Foundation independent investigator, discusses in the New York Times (4/17, MM47, Taubes, Subscription Publication) claims made by pediatric hormone disorder specialist and childhood obesity expert Robert Lustig, MD, of the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, who makes a "persuasive case...that sugar is a … Continue reading Expert Makes Case That Sugar Is A Toxin