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TED-Ed · September 20 · 5 min

Sugar: Hiding in plain sight - Robert Lustig

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/sugar-hiding-in-plain-sight-robert-lustig While sugar is easy to spot in candy, soft drinks and ice cream, it also hides out in foods you might not expect -- including peanut butter, pasta sauce and even bologna! Robert Lustig decodes confusing labels and sugar's many aliases to help determine just how much of that sweet carbohydrate makes its way into our diets. Lesson by Robert Lustig, animation by The Tremendousness Collective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/sugar-hiding-in-plain-sight-robert-lustig

While sugar is easy to spot in candy, soft drinks and ice cream, it also hides out in foods you might not expect -- including peanut butter, pasta sauce and even bologna! Robert Lustig decodes confusing labels and sugar's many aliases to help determine just how much of that sweet carbohydrate makes its way into our diets.

Lesson by Robert Lustig, animation by The Tremendousness Collective.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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