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75. What Is Sugar Really Doing to You?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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What's the Biggest Problem With the UK Food Rashing Program?

Sugar tends to be slightly more addictive than other nutrients. Rates of ADHD might be different in cohorts who are exposed to sugar rich diets because of how sugar affects the way that we think and behave. You could totally imagine that UK policy in 1953 might have long-term effects but there's at least three other ways that you could look at very similar sorts of issues in modern day.

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