The benefit of making money off of illness

David Henderson explains. H/T John Goodman.

A Sweet Addiction

Part IV of Dr. Robert Lustig’s and UC-San Francisco’svery good series on the alternative hypothesis that obesity is a growth disorder in which fat accumulation is determined not simply by the balance of calories consumed and expended, but by the effect of specific nutrients on the hormonal regulation of fat metabolism.

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The Skinny on Obesity

Clear Thinkers favorite Dr. Robert Lustig eloquently explains in these videos the increasing scientific evidence supporting the alternative hypothesis that obesity is a growth disorder in which fat accumulation is determined not simply by the balance of calories consumed and expended, but by the effect of specific nutrients on the hormonal regulation of fat metabolism.

Here is Part I:

And Part III: