Public health: The toxic truth about sugar

@article{Lustig2012PublicHT,
  title={Public health: The toxic truth about sugar},
  author={Robert H Lustig and Laura A Schmidt and Claire D. Brindis},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2012},
  volume={482},
  pages={27-29}
}
Added sweeteners pose dangers to health that justify controlling them like alcohol, argue Robert H. Lustig, Laura A. Schmidt and Claire D. Brindis. 
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