Why Everything You Knew About Obesity Is Wrong | Dr. Robert Lustig on Sugar & Metabolic Syndrome

9 May 2025 · 15 min
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Dr. Robert Lustig explains how fructose drives metabolic disease independent of calories. A UK study found children exposed to wartime sugar rationing had lower diabetes rates decades later. A UCSF trial showed overweight kids improved metabolically when sugar was swapped for starch at the same calorie count.

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About 35% lower risk.

About 20% lower risk.

Diabetes: ~4 years later on average; Hypertension: ~2 years later on average.

About 93%.

About 70%.

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