need to add title here

Is sugar toxic?

August 5, 2012 4:00 PM

Sanjay Gupta reports on new research showing that beyond weight gain, sugar can take a serious toll on your health, worsening conditions ranging from heart disease to cancer.

Is sugar toxic?

60 Minutes OverTimeSugar and kids: The toxic truth

Add a Comment See all 27 Comments
by iwas2013 March 18, 2013 8:50 PM EDT
This is absolutely the truth. There is a book "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" wrtitten by Weston A. Price, DDS who in 1920-1930 traveled the world and studied diets of isolated groups of people(back then there still existed places were the "white man's" diet did not reach) and concluded that the diet of the "civilized" people, rich in refined sugars and flour is the casue of cavities, disease and premature death.He studied the Innuit, Masai, Swiss ... I red also a lot of good articles on weston a price foundation website.
Reply to this comment
by PSOPO February 18, 2013 9:38 AM EST
This guy comes off as a pompous quack or a fear spreading loud mouth who is a publicity hound.
Reply to this comment
by MichelleZ2013 February 13, 2013 12:19 PM EST
Very interesting segment. Makes me really rethink my diet. I eat healthly but am a sucker for sweets.
Reply to this comment
by chenjiannana December 11, 2012 8:08 AM EST
I've just eaten Chocolate .. and I feel bad, how can i endure to eat sugar.... Sugar is a part of my life . After i watched this news, decided that i will lose weight not to eat much sugar . Diet is always annoying me :(
Reply to this comment
by IPonUall2 October 31, 2012 3:24 PM EDT
I will attempt to lower my weight and exercise more, along with eating a diet low in sugar, and carbs.
I had done this before, but became complacient and gained it all back plus a few more for added measure.
I had lost 100 pounds in a year.
I was a 325 lb'er, went to 225, but simply gave in slowly to my temptations, but I didn't know then what I know now.
It's never too late to choose health.
Reply to this comment
by ricgal October 18, 2012 2:31 PM EDT
And I have just been reading Wheatbelly, which wants to vilify modern wheat hybrids, saying they are even worse than sugar for the body. Same effects, with the small, dense LDLs and getting past the blood-brain barrier and clinging to the morphine receptors. I am thinking that it is better to eat a cheese omelet, you know, two eggs, onions and cheese. I was doing some work for a friend over a 6 month period, and he made me lunch every day, often eggs, and maybe one slice of toast, and I lost weight, down about 20 pounds, and I felt better.
Reply to this comment
by xiloilx September 5, 2012 2:36 AM EDT
I had an obese friend she would eat a whole Degerino pizza and a whole bag of enchiladas smothered in cheese and tator tots in one go. People are fat because they're lazy and never exercise.. they run inside and sit in the air conditioning all year round and their body gets used to this cold and just keeps heaping on more and more pounds instead of dealing with a bit of uncomfortable heat these fat people crank the air up more and more never giving their body a chance to lose any weight. This chick I knew got the surgery and still ate like a garbage disposal gone wild. Still never exercised and still cranked up the air conditioning in the middle of winter time while there was snow on the ground.
Reply to this comment
by COMMUNITYWATCHNETWORK September 4, 2012 8:54 PM EDT
i JUST WANT TO BRING THIS UP FOR PARENTS AND CARE GIVERS OF YOUNG PEOPLE , Youare doing wonderful on attacking diabetes and obesity in america and It is important that we ramin focus on that In the low income community and with certain ethnic groups.Our kids deserve better here it is hallowwen is upon us and all the candy for holidays ,and the food , think first its like a drug .by cutting it by 10 percent you can save their lives with no smoking around them etc, They pick up your habits fast,fruit and veggies learn from the first lady of the usa. letmove.gov lets move forward in a healthy america
Reply to this comment
by bladebarrier August 16, 2012 2:17 AM EDT
Dr. Lustig looks like a fatty. Maybe he's just angry that he eats too much sugar and doesn't realize you don't have to be fat like him to eat sugar in moderation?
Reply to this comment
by A9119815 August 9, 2012 6:29 PM EDT
The difference between the two kinds of sugar is a relatively minor issue (despite the ill-informed hype on this subject coming from many sources). But even if I accept that the difference is significant, the detrimental impact of ANY form of sugar is a much more serious issue, hence I believe the CBS story has appropriate balance. My bottom line: eat an orange instead of drinking orange juice!
Reply to this comment
See all 27 Comments
Recent Segments

60MinutesOverTime

60 Minutes Overtime is a weekly web show that begins where the weekly television broadcast ends

  • 48 Hours iPad App

    Big changes for the 2012-2013 season! Watch the current week's episode for FREE up to a week after it airs or subscribe for access to all shows, classic episodes and more!