Gary Taubes on the Case Against Sugar

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🗓️ 6 February 2017

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Sugar appears to have no nutritional value. But is it more than just empty calories? Is it actually bad for us? Author and journalist Gary Taubes talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his latest book, The Case Against Sugar. Taubes argues that there is substantial circumstantial evidence suggesting that sugar is the underlying cause of a host of modern health problems including diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. Taubes concedes the evidence is not iron-clad or definitive and reflects along the way on the intellectual and personal challenges of holding a strong view in the face of significant skepticism.

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0:09.3	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
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0:45.4	My guest today is author and journalist Gary Talbz.
0:49.1	Our topic is his latest book, The Case Against Sugar.
0:52.7	Gary, welcome back to Econ Talk.
0:54.5	Thank you for having me.
0:56.6	This is an awkward interview for me.
0:58.6	I really love peanut m&Ms, chocolate chip ice cream, cherry pie, bear claws, and cream
1:06.2	sickles are my dream sickles.
1:08.5	What's wrong with sugar?
1:10.5	Well, possibly everything, but except that it tastes great.
1:16.2	I just wanted to say in advance that the title I would have preferred for this book was
1:20.0	Stealing Christmas.
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