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The toxic truth about sugar

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  • Robert H. Lustig

    (Study and Treatment at the University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.)

  • Laura A. Schmidt

    (Laura A. Schmidt is at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California 94118, USA.)

  • Claire D. Brindis

    (Claire D. Brindis is at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California 94118, USA.)

Abstract

Added sweeteners pose dangers to health that justify controlling them like alcohol, argue Robert H. Lustig, Laura A. Schmidt and Claire D. Brindis.

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  • Robert H. Lustig & Laura A. Schmidt & Claire D. Brindis, 2012. "The toxic truth about sugar," Nature, Nature, vol. 482(7383), pages 27-29, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:482:y:2012:i:7383:d:10.1038_482027a
    DOI: 10.1038/482027a
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