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Re:The Dissolution of the Nutrition Science Initiative by temptemptemp111 on Saturday January 01, 2022 @04:37PM (#29763094)
Taubes et al has a rough time reconciling the idea that fructose is toxic with the (established) fact that the brain produces its own!
Re:The Dissolution of the Nutrition Science Initiative by omginternets on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:20AM (#29766071)
I don't think that's fair. Poison is regarded as a dose, not a substance, and Taubes' argument precisely hinges on the quantity of sugar over time.
Re:The Dissolution of the Nutrition Science Initiative by ianai on Sunday January 02, 2022 @08:39AM (#29768610)
https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-dollar40-million-nutrition...

From that article, it’s clear their funded study didn’t back up their priors and they ultimately cut funding and discredited the research.

From the link:

"If this was an animal study, they’d have thrown them out,” he says. “Euthanized them and started over.”

Re:The Dissolution of the Nutrition Science Initiative by olliej on Sunday January 02, 2022 @05:56AM (#29767683)
The human body produces many things that are toxic if ingested.

Top of my head:

* Carbon dioxide - albeit just to get rid of, but it does make it :D

* Hydrochloric acid

* Hydrogen peroxide

* Ammonia

* Formaldehyde

Then of course the human body creates pyrogens to fight off illness, even if they literally cook your sugar creating brain :D