Laura Casey

San Jose Mercury News/MCT
Dr. Robert Lustig gives a presentation on his research into sugar and the obesity epidemic in the United States in Oakland, Calif.

Lecturer's no-nonsense video about health and sugar goes viral

An academic lecture that lasts nearly 90 minutes usually will get about a million yawns and, if lucky, a hundred hits on YouTube.

But a recently discovered talk by a doctor with a fresh take on the obesity epidemic recently rocketed the YouTube video to viral status. Supporting the thesis that sugar is nothing short of "poison," Dr.

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