The Real Truth About Sugar-- Dr. Robert Lustig's Video Lecture "Sugar Quotes

“We know now that fructose is a chronic hepatotoxin, just like alcohol. However, because fructose does not get partially metabolized by the brain like alcohol, we do not get any of the instant effects acute alcohol consumption brings. In everything else, both substances are the same. But this lack of acute toxicity is exactly why the FDA and the USDA won’t regulate it—in addition to the economic hit American producers would take if it were announced that fructose is a toxin that leads to metabolic syndrome and its host of disorders.”
― Samantha Quinn, The Real Truth About Sugar-- Dr. Robert Lustig's Video Lecture "Sugar: The Bitter Truth": Health Effects of Our Sugar Addiction