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Re:60 minutes: Is sugar toxic? by specialist on Monday April 02, 2012 @02:25AM (#3786582)
Aragon's "rebuttal" of Lustig is nonsensical.

He completely biffs Lustig's position on fruit (vis a vis Atkins Diet). In that lecture, Lustig says fruit is okay, whereas fruit juice isn't, because the fiber in fruit blocks the fructose from being metabolized, while the glucose gets used.

Lustig may be right or wrong. But criticisms should be about what he actually said.

Since Lustig publishes his research and results, Aragon could step up act like a scientist and either refute or confirm Lustig's data. But sciencificalologeries is hard work, whereas just making shit up is pretty easy.

Further, while I'm on board with Lustig's science, and conclusions, and strategy, I've personally adopted a nutrition somewhere between Eat To Live and Dr Terry Wahls "eat 9 cups of fruit and veggies per day". Works great for me.

Re:60 minutes: Is sugar toxic? by wpietri on Monday April 02, 2012 @02:26PM (#3789384)
Yes, this. I just watched the Lustig YouTube lecture and then read Aragon's rebuttal. Aragon is arguing either with things Lustig didn't say or with small bits taken out of context.

In particular, Aragon doesn't seem to get the difference between a lecture and an academic paper. One can't edit a lecture, so you have to give the speaker a little leeway. Aragon also can't seem to tell the difference between a rhetorical flourish and a claim of absolute fact. Disappointing!