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Status
Released
Release
2015
Runtime
1h 31m
Available options inUS
The investigation and exposure of the US sugar industry’s systematic hijacking of scientific study to bury evidence that sugar is—in fact—toxic.
21 Cast Members
Gary Taubes
Self - Author
Robert Lustig
Self - Doctor of Pediatric Endocrinology
Craig Wilcox
Self - Researcher, Okinawa Centenarian Study
Alexis Gomez
Self - Former Patient of Dr. Lustig
Cristin Kearns
Self - Dentist, Denver, Colorado
Yoni Freedhoff M.D.
Self - University of Ottawa
Jean-Marc Schwartz
Self - Biochemist
John Yudkin
Self (archive footage)
Ancel Keys
Self (archive footage)
Sami Inkinen
Self - Endurance Athlete
Dr. John L. Sievenpiper
Self - Researcher, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Terry Dean
Self - Heart and Stroke Foundation
Frank Lisciandro
Self - Filmmaker
Sheldon Reiser
Self - Researcher at the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Judith Hallfrisch
Self - Nutritionist
Stan Glantz
Self - Head of the Tobacco Research Unit, University of CA
Arya Sharma
Self - Medical Director, Canadian Obesity Network
Kim Raine
Self - Alberta University
Richard Ellis
Self - McDonald's Canada
Laura Schmidt
Self - Faculty of Medicine, University of California
