Episode

6/9 Dr. Robert Lustig: Sugar: The Bitter Truth

June 9, 2014

Dr. Robert Lustig President of the Institute For Responsible Nutrition explains the food myths that are driving disease in America and around the globe, why not all calories are created equal, the collusion between food industry and government, the myth of individual responsibility and what we need to do to end the American public health crisis.

On The Fun Half: George F. Will calls being a sexual assault victim a “coveted status”, Virginia Republicans engage in bribery to block healthcare expansion, Bowe Bergdahl and his family get death threats, Rand Paul says we should trade Democrats instead of Taliban, why President Obama was right to make that prisoner swap and your calls and IMs.

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