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The Food Chain: Sugar: A Love-Hate Relationship

Sugar: A Love-Hate Relationship

02/01/2015

BBC World Service - The Food Chain, Sugar: A Love-Hate Relationship

Does a little of what you fancy do you good - or should we avoid it at all costs?

On average we consume some 27 kilos of sugar every year - and that figure is on the rise. But is that a good thing, or is sugar the root cause of many of the world's biggest, not-so-sweet, health concerns? Ed Butler speaks to  professor Robert Lustig, who is leading the fight against sugar, and gets a response from Sugar Nutrition UK. We go to Berkeley, California where a tax on sugary drinks has just been implemented.  And we hear from a couple who rowed from California to Hawaii on a sugar-free diet.

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