Diane Rehm Interviews Dr. Robert Lustig On America's Deadly, Treasury-Busting Diet

While Dr Lustig's theories and evidence may seem convincing to the general public and reporters, the real test is how well he performs with his fellow scientists!

He was certainly called out for overstating the evidence and poorly extrapolating rat research at a conference he spoke at earlier in the year - check out the Q and A video in the attached article by David Despain (as well as the other lectures)!

http://evolvinghealthscience.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/sugar-showdown-scie... for a full review and links to all lectures - if not just watch the Q and A at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypWe6npULUQ andhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnGhfX2yaU4

What research shows that it is fructose that causes addiction? At the Q and A at the Sugar Symposium, Dr Lustig was called out on this and one researcher showed that rats liked glucose based carbohydrates over sucrose, and another questioned the applicability of rat research to be extrapolated to humans!

Also a recent rat studied suggests that it might be the sweet taste and NOT the fructose (as they used an artificial sweetener) although the article title gets it wrong also!
http://www.health.msn.co.nz/healthnews/8582942/sugar-as-addictive-as-coc...

The major issue with Dr Lustig's theory is looking at US Sugar intake over history - levels were still high in the early 20th century - so saying it is sugar is either an oversimplification or there is a threshold value that we have recently crossed. Methinks that it is a perfect storm of more sugar and less burning it up with physical activity!

I hope you get a chance to review these before the interview - especially the video lectures linked to within the article by David Despain