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Sugar MADNESS: How metabolic syndrome drives obesity and what you can do about it

Tomás Aragón, Clinical Faculty, School of Public Health | February 2, 2014

Sugar consumption, especially from sugary drinks, is the single largest and preventable contributor to the global epidemic of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, bad cholesterol, and unhealthy weight gain. Fructose is the part of “sugar” that is the culprit. Fructose in liquid form is worse! Fructose is metabolized by the liver. With repeated exposures, … Continue reading »