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Fat Chance: Fructose 2.0

University of California Television (UCTV) · 7.3M views · 2013-10-18 · 1:26:15

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Overview

Robert Lustig of UCSF updates his sugar talk, arguing that fructose and processed foods drive obesity and metabolic syndrome through their endocrine effects. It is a roughly 90-minute university lecture.

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Recommended as a follow-up to Lustig's original sugar talk for the metabolic details of fructose.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2014–2024

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akurzon · 2021-02 · Strong recommendation

For anyone interested in a detailed explanation of fructose metabolism (and why it's bad for you), I'd highly recommend these two talks by Robert Lustig on the subject. The first one is about how the body reacts to fructose, and the second video is a follow-up that emphasizes how fructose has contributed to the obesity epidemic in the US and elsewhere. [LINK] [VIDEO]

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aficiomaquinas · 2024-05 · Recommendation

If by lifestyle you mean behavioral disorder, It seems to me that the science from the last 10 years is starting to point in the opposite direction. If I may recommend, there is a great presentation by Dr. Robert Lustig called "Fat Chance: Fructose 2.0". [0]: [VIDEO]

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mirko22 · 2018-05 · Recommendation

Robert Lusting has cery intersting book on this, and more specifically the influence of fructose sugar in diet. [VIDEO]

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