Is Sugar Toxic?

Gary Taubes wrote a great article on this topic  in the Wall Street Journal on April 13, 2011 and his intense scientific rigor is well worth the read. See the full article by clicking the link below. I was especially fascinated by 3 main questions the article addressed Is our excessive consumption of sugar is […]

Is sugar as dangerous as alcohol and tobacco?

Thank you to my friend Gail in Wisconsin who alerted me to this great announcement about the ABC News segment highlighting a  group of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, who are urging a tax on sugary treats. In an editorial published Feb 1, 2012 in the journal Nature, the UCSF doctors, Robert Lustig, Laura […]