"The Case Against Sugar," A Conversation with the Author, Gary Taubes (February 6th)
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Listen Now In his recent work, The Case Against Sugar, Gary Taubes argues not all calories are alike. Sugar, or the consumption of sugar, causes elevated levels of insulin, or hyperinsulenema, and high levels of insulin drives fat accumulation. Rather than obesity causing diabetes, Taubes argues, hyperinsulinemia causes both. That there's been an 800% increase since 1960 in the consumption of sugar and approximate doubling of diagnosed cases of diabetes since 1990 cannot be a coincidence. (Per the CDC, over the past 25 years the age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes increased by ≥50% in 42 states and by ≥100% in 18 states.) Not only does sugar consumption drive the diabetes epidemic, Taubes argues it can also be correlated to hypertension, cancer, stroke and dementia.
"The Case Against Sugar," A Conversation with the Author, Gary Taubes (February 6th)
"The Case Against Sugar," A Conversation with…
"The Case Against Sugar," A Conversation with the Author, Gary Taubes (February 6th)
Listen Now In his recent work, The Case Against Sugar, Gary Taubes argues not all calories are alike. Sugar, or the consumption of sugar, causes elevated levels of insulin, or hyperinsulenema, and high levels of insulin drives fat accumulation. Rather than obesity causing diabetes, Taubes argues, hyperinsulinemia causes both. That there's been an 800% increase since 1960 in the consumption of sugar and approximate doubling of diagnosed cases of diabetes since 1990 cannot be a coincidence. (Per the CDC, over the past 25 years the age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes increased by ≥50% in 42 states and by ≥100% in 18 states.) Not only does sugar consumption drive the diabetes epidemic, Taubes argues it can also be correlated to hypertension, cancer, stroke and dementia.