Sugar: Hiding in plain sight - Robert Lustig
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While sugar is easy to spot in candy, soft
drinks and ice cream, it also hides out in foods you might not expect --
including peanut butter, pasta sauce and even bologna! Robert Lustig
decodes confusing labels and sugar's many aliases to help determine just
how much of that sweet carbohydrate makes its way into our diets.
Can you design a 3-course meal with no added sugar? What would you put on the plate?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Robert Lustig
- Director Bill Keaggy
- Artist Chris Roettger
- Animator Jacob Heberlie, Eric DeFord
- Writer Shawn Gauthier
- Narrator Michelle Snow
