From 60 Minutes: Is Sugar Toxic?

[TanyaRD]

I think you are right about the Metformin and I know of at least one person on the listserv who has started Metformin. When I saw the headline for this article I didn't expect much valuable content (more media hype) however, I have to admit it is very thought provoking. I will be interest to read the cardiac study referenced in the article. As an RD I frequently counsel patients to limit sugars for high triglyceride levels but noting that sugars may also increase LDL levels is very interesting. Toxic is a strong word but as I thought about that I realized I have come to classify saturated fat and trans fats as such. I just read another article in Nutrition Action entitiled "Sugar Belly" (rather than beer belly) which discussed the theory that fructose intake (mostly from added sugars-not fruit) increases abdominal, visceral fat thus increasing cardiac risk, cancer risk, etc. Intuitively, we know we shouldn't eat so much sugar. None would be quite a challenge. Significantly limiting intake is no doubt of benefit.

Thanks for sharing this article.