Dr. Robert Lustig

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Because it's hidden in all of the food. That's exactly right. We don't even know. We say, oh, I never even add sugar to my coffee. Therefore, my sugar consumption is zero. Wrong. That is not true. Okay. Because it is hidden in plain sight in virtually every processed food in the entire grocery store. 72%.

Because it's hidden in all of the food. That's exactly right. We don't even know. We say, oh, I never even add sugar to my coffee. Therefore, my sugar consumption is zero. Wrong. That is not true. Okay. Because it is hidden in plain sight in virtually every processed food in the entire grocery store. 72%.

3% of all of the items in the American grocery store and in the British grocery store are spiked with added sugar by the food industry for its purposes, not for yours. Because they know when they add it, you buy more. And how much does that look like in teaspoons then? The upper limit is about six teaspoons of added sugar per day. The allowance, the recommended allowance. The upper limit. Okay.

3% of all of the items in the American grocery store and in the British grocery store are spiked with added sugar by the food industry for its purposes, not for yours. Because they know when they add it, you buy more. And how much does that look like in teaspoons then? The upper limit is about six teaspoons of added sugar per day. The allowance, the recommended allowance. The upper limit. Okay.

The recommended allowance is lower than that. Yeah. Okay, but the upper limit is about 16 spoons of added sugar per day. So we have an innate capacity to metabolize about 12 grams of fructose per day. By the way, that's for adults. For children, it's one third of that, four grams of fructose per day. Okay, four to six. So we're talking very little, talking very little.

The recommended allowance is lower than that. Yeah. Okay, but the upper limit is about 16 spoons of added sugar per day. So we have an innate capacity to metabolize about 12 grams of fructose per day. By the way, that's for adults. For children, it's one third of that, four grams of fructose per day. Okay, four to six. So we're talking very little, talking very little.

But when you think about, for instance, kid in America, you know, 29% of kids in America consume the National School Breakfast Program breakfast in school. Okay, 29%. So what is... the National School Breakfast Program breakfast. It's a bowl of Froot Loops and a glass of orange juice. That is 41 grams of sugar. The upper limit for children in terms of their metabolism is 12 grams per day.

But when you think about, for instance, kid in America, you know, 29% of kids in America consume the National School Breakfast Program breakfast in school. Okay, 29%. So what is... the National School Breakfast Program breakfast. It's a bowl of Froot Loops and a glass of orange juice. That is 41 grams of sugar. The upper limit for children in terms of their metabolism is 12 grams per day.

They got 41 grams and it's just breakfast. What do you think that's going to do? Now, if a calorie were a calorie, and if glucose and fructose were the same, then you say, well, you got to get your calorie somewhere. But because fructose is not glucose, because fructose is more like alcohol, because fructose's toxicity has nothing to do with its calories, That is a huge overdose.

They got 41 grams and it's just breakfast. What do you think that's going to do? Now, if a calorie were a calorie, and if glucose and fructose were the same, then you say, well, you got to get your calorie somewhere. But because fructose is not glucose, because fructose is more like alcohol, because fructose's toxicity has nothing to do with its calories, That is a huge overdose.

And it has metabolic complications, it has systemic health complications, it has mental health complications.

And it has metabolic complications, it has systemic health complications, it has mental health complications.

Ah, well, yes, that way it is. The point is that the food industry is very powerful, and they have swept virtually every aspect of this under the rug for 40 to 50 years. They knew back in the 1960s that sugar was a problem. But they paid off scientists to say it wasn't. And we actually have the documents from the food industry. They live at the UCSF Food Industry Documents Library.

Ah, well, yes, that way it is. The point is that the food industry is very powerful, and they have swept virtually every aspect of this under the rug for 40 to 50 years. They knew back in the 1960s that sugar was a problem. But they paid off scientists to say it wasn't. And we actually have the documents from the food industry. They live at the UCSF Food Industry Documents Library.

And we are doing research on corporate interference in health. What do those documents show? They show that in 1965, the sugar industry came to two Harvard School of Public Health scientists, the head of the Department of Nutrition, Fred Steyer, and his associate, Mark Hegstead, who became the head of the USDA five years later.

And we are doing research on corporate interference in health. What do those documents show? They show that in 1965, the sugar industry came to two Harvard School of Public Health scientists, the head of the Department of Nutrition, Fred Steyer, and his associate, Mark Hegstead, who became the head of the USDA five years later.

And paid them $50,000 in today's money to produce two articles for the New England Journal saying saturated fat was the bad guy and that sugar was exonerated. And they did it. And they did it. That's just one thing they did.

And paid them $50,000 in today's money to produce two articles for the New England Journal saying saturated fat was the bad guy and that sugar was exonerated. And they did it. And they did it. That's just one thing they did.

They also infiltrated the National Institute of Dental Research, NIDR, their study sections and their executive committee to take money away from nutrition research for dental health and put it toward a caries vaccine. A what? A dental cavities vaccine. How's that cavities vaccine working for you?