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Sugar and its dangers are in the news again, thanks to ABC's popular show, Nightline, which, last night, aired a compelling story spotlighting sugar's role in the obesity crisis.

It's long, (and found courtesy of Avedon ) but very important to mark some time to watch this UCSF clip (from an actual doctor, Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology) about why fructose is as chronically toxic as ethanol, causing the same uric acid buildup, hypertension, liver damage, insulin resistant (hence, diabetes), obesity and bad cholesterol formation....

Sugar is poison. I eat almost no sugar, and very few carbohyrates, because I've read the science -- the evidence-based kind -- on both.

I’ve been posting recently about food and nutrition and I feel like the information in this video was a huge piece that I was missing. In this video, Dr. Robert Lustig goes through the science behind how sugar and its component parts, glucose and fructose, are processed in the body and what that means for everything [...]

Readers have long known that in general I avoid the use of sugar. And although I have, from time to time, posted recipes using it, they are few and far between and from here forward, non-existent. Personally, it's worse than that: I won't eat honey, agave, brown rice syrup, organic raw sugar, maple sugar, high fructose corn syrup. ANY sugar from ANY source other than what occurs naturally in whole...

From Future Pundit: Beware a diet high in fructose. A diet high in fructose increases the risk of developing high blood pressure (hypertension), according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, California. The findings suggest that cutting back on processed foods and beverages that contain high fructose corn syrup...

Following is a workout I enjoyed just the other day. Begin with 3 minutes of jump rope to warm up. Then complete 20 two-handed kettlebell swings followed immediately by 1 minute of jump rope as active recovery. The point of the jump rope for active recovery is to bring your heart rate back down while still remaining active. If jump rope is too new a movement pattern for you or you’re fitness level...

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UCSF's Mini Med School for the Public presents a lecture on fructose, and explains why corn-based high fructose corn syrup and other artificial sweeteners that bypass regular carbohydrate digestion is dangerous for your liver, and can lead to obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes, bad cholesterol build up, and other dangerous health effects. Endocrinologist Dr. Robert Lustig breaks down why the...