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Fructose: the Bittersweet Sugar
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Mar 17, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
If you believe the headlines fructose is 'addictive as cocaine', a 'toxic additive' or a 'metabolic danger'. So how has a simple sugar in fruit and honey got such a bad name and is there any evidence behind the accusations that it has caused the obesity epidemic? Meanwhile, a new health claim approved by the European Food Safety Authority for foods or drinks substituting fructose for other sugars, comes into force.
Dr Mark Porter talks to leading world experts to sift through the evidence in Fructose: The Bitter Sweet Sugar.
Picture: Ingredients list on a drinks bottle, Credit: Associated Press
Dr Mark Porter talks to leading world experts to sift through the evidence in Fructose: The Bitter Sweet Sugar.
Picture: Ingredients list on a drinks bottle, Credit: Associated Press
Released:
Mar 17, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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