Sugar: The Bitter Truth about Low-Calorie Diets

Most people believe that all that is necessary to lose weight is to eat fewer calories and exercise more to burn off calories. University of California Professor Robert Lustig, M.D., explains why this ‘calories-in, calories-out’ concept is false and why most diet programs do not work. He shows how some carbohydrates, called sucrose and fructose, convert into body fat even more so than fatty foods. He explains how this process also causes the symptoms of ‘metabolic syndrome’. 2009 Jul 3