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Meryl Horn

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Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

So let me tell you about one of the clinical trials she's done.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

She got 52 adults and they actually had them move into the wing of a hospital for three days in the beginning of the experiment where they could run a battery of tests on them.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

And this was to check for stuff like triglycerides and cholesterol.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

They also got liver MRIs done since some of those triglycerides can build up in the liver too, which is not good.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

And they basically wanted to get a really good baseline of where people are at before they started giving them any sugar.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

Like everyone had to eat the same food while they were there, like salad.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

She defended it.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

She was like, no, this was like a tossed salad.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

So it had tomatoes, cucumbers.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

Oh.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

But people did seem to like the next part of the experiment more.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

They get to go home now and they get to drink lots and lots of Kool-Aid.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

What was the Kool-Aid flavor?

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

Was it the fruit punch one?

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

And the Kool-Aid they got was sweetened with either table sugar or high fructose corn syrup.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

Yes, exactly.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

Okay.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

Yeah, they had to have it three times a day and they didn't know which one they were getting.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

So now after 12 days of that, they go back to the hospital again so they can redo all those tests.

Science Vs
Sugar: How Bad Is It Really?

And now we can finally see how bad the high fructose corn syrup is.