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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