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This guy has some pretty impressive credentials too:

Michael F. Jacobson (b. 1943), who holds a Ph.D. in microbiology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, co-founded the Center for Science in the Public Interest in 1971, along with two fellow scientists he met while working at the Center for the Study of Responsive Law. When his colleagues left CSPI in 1977, Jacobson served as executive director.[1] Today, Jacobson sits as secretary on the board of directors of the organization.[2] He has been a national leader in the movement to require nutrition labels on all foods and most beverages to help consumers make informed decisions about what to consume. It was Jacobson who coined the now widely used phrases "junk food"[3] and "empty calorie".

Michael Jacobson - Center for Science in the Public Interest

Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), is the undisputed leader of America’s nutritional scolds. From fettuccine alfredo to soda to french fries, Jacobson is more than willing to use junk science and sensationalism to scare Americans about the food they eat. He notes that “CSPI is proud about finding something wrong with practically everything.”

Jacobson founded CSPI in 1971 with two co-workers from Ralph Nader’s Center for the Study of Responsive Law, so it’s no surprise that he is a strong supporter of fast-food lawsuits. He hopes that “regulation through litigation” will result in limits on children’s access to food advertising, extra taxes on foods he considers unhealthy, and government-mandated nutritional information on restaurant menus all across America.

But he has a PhD in Microbiology from friggin MIT. He must know what he's talking about, right? So what if he's a Naderite and wants to tell you how to live your life....just look at his credentials. Truly a resume conservatives can embrace.

I would like to believe he knows a little more about the subject of HFCS and how our body processes it compared to other sugars than you do.

I guarantee you I've had more training in food science and nutrition than Dr. Lustig. He said some incredibly ignorant things in his video. I can't explain why he said such things but there is no excuse for someone with his vitae to be making such blunders. I don't know his motivations, but he is spreading nonsense based on junk science. There is a lot of it going around these days.