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243: The Bitter Truth About Sugar and How it Harms Your Health | Robert Lustig, MD

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Sugar Is the Cause of Wrinkles

Sugar is the cause of wrinkles and cataracts. It also makes more oxygen radicals, which engages in this myod reaction that's merly aging. About 20 % of americans are sugar addicted. And fructo stimulates the reward center. The area of the brain that that controls reward known as the nucleus ofcumbens. When you consume glucos,. it doesn't when you consume fat, it doesn't light up. Those two are addictive. We know caffine's andictive. That's that's old news. But froctos does it too.

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