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Dr. Cristin Kearns

The former dentist turned investigative researcher is exposing how the sugar industry got us hooked

You started investigating the sugar industry after attending a dental conference on diabetes. Why? I got a government brochure about preventing diabetes, and the nutritional advice was to reduce calories, increase fiber, decrease fat. It didn’t say anything about sugar. One of the speakers had a fast-food nutrition guide, and [a sweet tea] got ranked as a “healthy.” I

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