The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 4): Sugar - A Sweet Addiction

This is part 4 of 7. Did you see part 1, 2, and 3?

The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 3): Hunger and Hormones

Why “eat less, exercise more” doesn’t work. (See part one and two of this video series in the previous posts.)

The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 2): Sickeningly Sweet

Before you watch, learn about Mitochondrion if you’re not already familiar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrion

Fructose, the sweet part of sugar, is more like alcohol than it is anything else.

As always, there’s a debate about the science. Check out the comments on YouTube to see what they’re saying.

The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 1): An Epidemic for Every Body

University of California Television (UCTV), the presenters of Dr. Robert Lustig’s popular YouTube video “Sugar, The Bitter Truth,” are now producing a new video series titled, “The Skinny on Obesity.”

The first episode (above) is part of a seven part series that premiered on their YouTube channel, UCTV Prime. Each new installment gets posted on Friday through May 25.

For the rest of the week I’ll post a video a day to catch up with the series. More information at: http://www.uctv.tv/skinny-on-obesity

Sugar the Bitter Truth

Heather Jo Flores recently went off sugar and she posted the above video by Sean Croxton, which you must watch. It’s a summarized version of the Bitter Truth video by Dr. Robert Lustig.