NYT bestselling author, Dr Robert Lustig: sugar is poison, NOT food

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So often, we hear of the harmful effects of processed foods and sugar, but most of us do not listen. BizNews spoke to Dr Robert Lustig, a Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco, who has become a leading public health authority on the impact sugar has on fuelling the diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome epidemics, and on addressing changes in the food environment to reverse these chronic diseases. The two time New York Times bestselling author shared fascinating and, more importantly, crucial insight into the current obesity and chronic disease pandemic and the extent to which Big Food, Big Pharma and Big Government have led us to this pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Jun 2022 12AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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