![]() ![]() In-depth interview with On Point‘s Tom Ashbrook and Gary Taubes on The Case Against Sugar “Is Sugar Killing Us?” Read an excerpt from The Case Against Sugar in The Wall Street Journal He clarifies the arguments against sugar, corrects misconceptions about the relationship between sugar and weight loss and provides the perspective necessary to make informed decisions about sugar as individuals and as a society. He explains what research has shown about our addiction to sweets. With his signature command of both science and straight talk, Gary Taubes delves into Americans’ history with sugar: its uses as a preservative, as an additive in cigarettes, the contemporary overuse of high-fructose corn syrup. ![]() And sugar is at the root of these, and other, critical society-wide, health-related problems. From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening exposé that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick.Īmong Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever obesity is at epidemic proportions nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. ![]()
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