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What is sugar? 'Added' sugar? 'Natural' sugar? (E47)

The Adam Ragusea Podcast

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Sugar has been in the news lately a huge observational study out of the UK just came out indicating that added sugars increase your risk of cardiovascular disease. What even is sugar? Like so many terms from chemistry the definition is actually a little fuzzy. Sugars tend to bond to the sweetness receptors in your taste buds thus giving you the sensation of sweetness but lots of other chemicals do that as well like ketones and Alda hides.

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