Robert Lustig, a specialist on pediatric hormone disorders and the leading expert in childhood obesity at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine gave a talk titled “The Bitter Truth” where he debunked the theory that consuming sugar was safe.

Watch the video of his talk. Really enlightening stuff.

However, The New York Times has published a counter article related to Lustig’s video that gives an alternate view on the theory that sugar is toxic. Read the lengthy article as well.