Episode 64 - Sweet Re-Release

It's natural, it's delicious, it's everywhere, and it may be killing us. For years, sugar has been overlooked as a serious detriment to our health because of the manipulations of the sugar industry in both science and politics, but the lies are coming to light as the diseases caused by that deadly white powder threaten to overwhelm the health systems of the world.

Can we wake in time up to the danger that this major health risk is posing? Or are we too addicted to the sweet release? Join us this week as we explore the how and why of sugar.

This episode originally published March, 2018, and we have a few up to date comments to make before and after.

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Chapters

  • 05:45 Progress in the 21st Century
  • 09:50 The Scam
  • 18:11 "Pure, White, and Deadly"
  • 19:12 Ancel Keys
  • 20:17 Seven Countries Study
  • 22:16 Coca-cola continues the scam in 2015
  • 25:00 The Start of Nutrition
  • 29:24 Pendulum Swings
  • 32:32 The Failure of the Scientific Method and Industry Infiltration
  • 35:43 "This is Objective Science"
  • 38:30 Publication Bias
  • 41:49 Failure of Politics
  • 43:58 Local Political Manipulation
  • 44:58 What Can We Do?
  • 46:18 Food Access
  • 48:41 Food Affordabilty
  • 51:45 Don't Shame
  • 53:14 Avoid Bad Science
  • 55:11 Updated Thoughts

David's Wikipedia Fiasco

Recommended Reading

Listener comments and critiques

Sources

Sources from the 2019 update:

(1) Children's eating influenced by social media

(2) CDC and Coca-Cola

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author  = {Melissa Bailey},
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year    = {2016},
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}


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author    = {O'connor, Anahad},
title     = {How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat},
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year      = {2016},
journal   = {The New York Times},
publisher = {The New York Times},
url       = {https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-industry-shifted-blame-to-fat.html},
}


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Published 07-03-2019 01:15