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.
Robert Lustig, MD, MSL is Professor emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. He specializes in the field of neuroendocrinology, with an emphasis on the regulation of energy balance by the central nervous system, and his research and clinical practice has focused on childhood obesity and diabetes. His latest book, Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine, is out now. Full show notes: https://maxlugavere.com/podcast/243