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Episode 22 Dr. Robert Lustig

Food Junkies Podcast

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Is There a Wrong Story About Salt?

Sugar and alcohol are metabolized exactly the same in the liver. So it's no surprise that you would get hyper triglyceride, amia of alcohol or the hyper triglyceride amia of sugar consumption. The question is how much is too much? Well, once upon a time, before there was refrigeration, we used to consume 15 grams of salt a day average. But now today, we have hypertension with even our current median consumption of salt, which is 6.9 grams.

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