Posted on 04/03/2012 8:40:17 PM PDT by chessplayer
Sugar is a “toxin” that is killing the unwitting masses, according to an April 1, “60 Minutes” hosted by CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Gupta and all of the medical experts that he interviewed argued that sugar leads to heart disease, cancer (by leading to the creation of insulin, which cancer cells use to trigger their growth), and that sugar can actually be compared to certain drugs, like “cocaine,” in that it triggers the pleasure centers in the brain.
“New research coming out of some of America’s most respected institutions is starting to find that sugar, the way many people are eating it today, is a toxin,” Gupta said at the start of the segment.
Dr. Robert H. Lustig, MD, University of California San Francisco Professor of Pediatrics, was the primary expert in piece. Lustig told Gupta that he believes sugar should be treated the same way as tobacco and alcohol, substances which are still legal, but regulated.
“Ultimately, this is a public health crisis, and when there’s a public health crisis you have to do big things and you have to do them across the board. Tobacco and alcohol are perfect examples … I think that sugar belongs in this exact same wastebasket,” said Lustig.
60 Minutes went over the edge a long, long time ago but the morons still enjoy it.
So far, they're purt'near in a dead heat.
I am so sick of all this carp. Where is the dang brake, I’m ready to pull it. Enough already...
This brings to mind Rush Limbaugh’s exposé of carrots. He noted that Lee Harvey Oswald, Charles Manson, and Al Capone ate carrots at one time or another and that ninety percent or more of all who ate carrots in 1918 are dead.
Heck, it’s been hours since I’ve snorted a trail
of XXX confectioners sugar.
Is my lip white, that could be milk, just sayin.
You do not need refined sugar to survive. It is an extract of a tropicla plant and not a whole food. Your body must pull out mineral reserves to digest it properly, which is a reason many sugar addicts have rotting teeth.
Everything is bad and is going to kill you. I would recommend that liberals stop eating all that hormone laden beef and milk products, those awful, terrible genetically modified veggies and while they are at it they should stop breathing all that polluted air and drinking that contaminated water.
Six months ago my blood glucose level was getting too high,,,close to pre-diabetic levels. The normal range (at my clinic) is 70-100. My level was 98. Sometimes I go on sugar binges,,,lots of pastries, etc. So I started watching what I was eating, and my latest test last month I got my glucose down to 74.
The death is in the dose. If you shove a gazillion twinkies into your mouth, your lifespan will decrease in proportion. Duh!
lol that was my first thought too! If you confusin’ sugar with coke you need a new dealah ;-0
I smell a sin tax coming.
The best damn food on the planet is in Mexico.
Why?
L A R D! And real open pit mesquite wood grilling.
Trans-fats, I embrace you! (about 3 times a year)...
:)
Whatever anyone might think of this information, it is certainly nothing new. Many have viewed refined sugar as a toxin for decades and a best selling book made that case in 1975:
Amazon says the book was published in 1986, but it was 1975 or sooner.
You do not need refined sugar to survive. It is an extract of a tropicla plant and not a whole food. Your body must pull out mineral reserves to digest it properly, which is a reason many sugar addicts have rotting teeth.
>>The death is in the dose. If you shove a gazillion twinkies into your mouth, your lifespan will decrease in proportion. Duh!<<
Unless you actually take on the attributes of the Twinkies. If you do, you will have a shelf life of somewhere in the bazillion year range...
“I think the politicians and the newsmedia are having a contest to see who can be the all time champion idiot.”
Smokin’ Joe: if you do not believe whatever the moron of the day says, you’re, you’re, you’re a RACIST! Yeah, that’s what you are! There! I won the argument.
As in everything, moderation is the way to go.
/nods
Can’t you see the hand writing on the wall? They are getting ready to regulate everything. Last couple of years they have been picking on salt and butter Sugar is obviously the next ‘threat’ to civilization.
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