Fat Chance: Fructose 2.0

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a follow-up to Lustig's original sugar talk for the metabolic details of fructose.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

University of California Television (UCTV)

Topic

fructose and obesity

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• For anyone interested in a detailed explanation of fructose metabolism (and why it's bad for you), I'd highly recommend these two talks by Robert Lustig on the subject. The first one is about how the body reacts to fructose, and the second video is a …

• If carbs are bad, sugar is horrible. Just in case you haven't seen these: Sugar: The Bitter Truth: [LINK] Fat Chance: Fructose 2.0: [VIDEO]

• Sugar seems to be a major driver of this development. The main problem is likely excessive sugar and especially fructose consumption starting with the emerge of cheap HFCS in most products. Dr. Robert Lustig has put a lot of research into the causes of the …