Evil Sugar
Jul 9, 2026 · 21 min · 16 segments
The sweet killer.
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Larry FedorukHost
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Jul 9, 2026 · 21 min · 16 segments
The sweet killer.
Larry FedorukHost
John Yudkin was a British physiologist who, in the 1960s, first started correlating our sugar intake as the primary driver of heart disease.
In 1972, he published the aforementioned book, Pure, White, and Deadly, subtitled, How Sugar is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It.
What followed was a massive discreditation campaign against Yudkin by a highly organized, well-funded pro-sugar lobby.
Actually, when you look at sugar's overall history, other than tasty, there's very little good to say about it.
Sugar cane is actually part of the grass family, botanically speaking, and grows in bamboo-like stalks up to 20 feet high.
John Yudkin was a British physiologist who, in the 1960s, first started correlating our sugar intake as the primary driver of heart disease.
In 1972, he published the aforementioned book, Pure, White, and Deadly, subtitled, How Sugar is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It.
What followed was a massive discreditation campaign against Yudkin by a highly organized, well-funded pro-sugar lobby.
Actually, when you look at sugar's overall history, other than tasty, there's very little good to say about it.
Sugar cane is actually part of the grass family, botanically speaking, and grows in bamboo-like stalks up to 20 feet high.
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