Sugar Dangers - Dr. Richard Johnson Lecture

[LMT42]

Thought I'd share these videos. Dr. Johnson's are in three parts and, although he's not a good orator, gets to the meat of the issue more quickly. Dr. Lustig's video is longer, but more in-depth. Both address the same topic; sugar.

Sugar Dangers - Dr. Richard Johnson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOJ3S...feature=relmfu

Sugar: The Bitter Truth - Dr. Lustig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnni...eature=related

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Dr. Lustig's lecture is worth watching, but here is an abbreviated version of what Dr. Lustig has to say for those who don't want to make the time right now:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?...;storyMediaBox

[WillBrink]

Dr. Lustig's lecture is worth watching, but here is an abbreviated version of what Dr. Lustig has to say for those who don't want to make the time right now:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?...;storyMediaBox

If this is news to anyone, I have to wonder what cave they have been living in. Excess sugar, especially how most get it (via processed zero fiber/zero nutrition routes), is bad for your health. Sugar, in moderation, while keeping total cals under control, is generally fine. This vid is overly simple, overly hysterical, and he's not giving out an iota of original thought here. I guess he's getting some credit for bringing attention to the negative impact of eating excess sugars, but others have been sounding that alarm for 2-3 decades.

[rob_s]

, but others have been sounding that alarm for 2-3 decades.

and yet nobody is listening.

[panzerr]

This vid is overly simple, overly hysterical, and he's not giving out an iota of original thought here. I guess he's getting some credit for bringing attention to the negative impact of eating excess sugars, but others have been sounding that alarm for 2-3 decades.

Yes, Will, that video is over-simplified. It is made for the masses and the masses are not students of the human body. As I am sure you know, clinical nutrition is a complex subject and dumbing it down to make it understandable while still getting the message across is something that requires sacrifice is detail.

As a health care professional I don't give a damn who takes credit. I care that our society's attitude towards sugar changes.

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and yet nobody is listening.

ex-F*cking-actly

The more this is discussed, the better. At some level people know too much sugar is not good for them. But they don't realize exactly how the amount we consume impacts the body.

[WillBrink]

Yes, Will, that video is over-simplified. It is made for the masses and the masses are not students of the human body.

The masses are not a student of anything sad to say.

As I am sure you know, clinical nutrition is a complex subject and dumbing it down to make it understandable while still getting the message across is something that requires sacrifice is detail.
As a health care professional I don't give a damn who takes credit. I care that our society's attitude towards sugar changes.

Gets a major yawn from me, and presented as "new discovery" annoying, but agreed, if it gets a few more people to "get it" and cut back of sodas, and perhaps read the ingredients some some of the things they consume, all good.

[Armati]

If Sucrose and High Fructose Corn Syrup was created by a pharmaceutical company it would be a schedule II drug. Because it is 'naturally' occurring it is sort of taken for granted. The fact is, Sucrose occurs only in very few foods naturally and High Fructose Corn Syrup does not occur in nature at all. It is the result of a laboratory process. Refined sugar and other high glycemic foods have profound physiological effects. These effects are vastly amplified if you spend most of your life sitting - sitting in car, sitting at a desk, and sitting at home in front of the TV.

Most Americans would vastly improve their health by removing refined sugar and white flour from their diet.

[LMT42]

If this is news to anyone, I have to wonder what cave they have been living in. Excess sugar, especially how most get it (via processed zero fiber/zero nutrition routes), is bad for your health. Sugar, in moderation, while keeping total cals under control, is generally fine. This vid is overly simple, overly hysterical, and he's not giving out an iota of original thought here. I guess he's getting some credit for bringing attention to the negative impact of eating excess sugars, but others have been sounding that alarm for 2-3 decades.

I posted the videos because they provide clinical information and explanations of how fructose negatively affects our bodies. Dr. Johnson references a study that refutes your argument that sugar in moderation, while keeping total calories under control, is generally fine (1st vid, 7:40 mark). It’s a little flippant to write this information off as overly hysterical when we have a nationwide epidemic of diabetes, hypertension and obesity.

Watch Dr. Johnson’s videos some morning while having coffee. You might be surprised by some of the information and learn something new.

[panzerr]

I posted the videos because they provide clinical information and explanations of how fructose negatively affects our bodies. Dr. Johnson references a study that refutes your argument that sugar in moderation, while keeping total calories under control, is generally fine (1st vid, 7:40 mark). It’s a little flippant to write this information off as overly hysterical when we have a nationwide epidemic of diabetes, hypertension and obesity.

I believe Will was referring to the 60 minutes video I posted for the lay person.

As a side note, it is believed that 30% of Americans have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as a direct result of the over-consumption of fructose containing sugars (sucrose and HFCS). The liver is the only place in the body that has a fructose receptor. Converting fructose to fat is the body's way of detoxifying it. In fact, the liver treats fructose much the same as alcohol. That is why fructose is sometimes referred to as "booze without the buzz".