The bitter truth about sugar in your diet

The second series of #TheMedicinebox will delve deeper into the health, nutrition and wellness. The podcast series will look to provide solutions to tackle lifestyle related diseases and shed light on other health- and wellness-related topics.

What is the Keto Diet? What really is fasting and what are its benefits? How harmful is sugar and junk food? What is the best form of exercise? What should one do about obesity? All these questions and more on health, nutrition and wellness will be answered here.

We will host some of the biggest global and Indian names in nutrition and wellness to bust myths, provide solutions and answer the most vital questions in health.

We are kicking off the series with Dr Robert Lustig, professor emeritus of the paediatrics division of Endocrinology at University of California. Dr Lustig, who holds degrees from MIT, Cornell University, is one of the most popular voices globally on the detrimental impact of sugar on health.

His lecture Sugar: The Bitter Truth went viral and currently has 7.9 million views on YouTube. The best-selling author of Fat Chance and The Hacking of the America Mind discusses the harmful effects of sugar in your diet and consequently on health.

Happy listening!