The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 3): Hunger and Hormones - A Vicious Cycle
5/1/2012; 8 minutes
Sugar impacts the brain just as much as the waistline. In this episode, Dr. Robert Lustig explains the biochemical shifts that sugar causes, making us store fat and feel hungry at the same time. (#23592)
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Fructose: Metabolic, Hedonic, and Societal Parallels with Ethanol, by Robert H. Lustig (Journal of the American Dietetic Association, September 2010)
- Public Health: The Toxic Truth About Sugar (Nature article by Robert Lustig, Laura Schmidt and Claire Brindis)
- The Fructose Epidemic, by Robert H. Lustig (The Bariatrician, June 2009)
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