Robert Lustig: Sugar, Fructose and the Obesity Epidemic

University of California Television (UCTV) · Lecture · YouTube title: Sugar: THE BITTER TRUTH

Why it's here

The most-linked YouTube video on HN, recommended as an in-depth explanation of fructose metabolism.

What it covers

Robert Lustig of UCSF lectures on the biochemistry of sugar, arguing that fructose and lack of fiber drive the obesity epidemic via insulin. It is the widely viewed 90-minute talk that popularized the anti-sugar case.