← The Fifth Estate · Season 39

The Secrets of Sugar

S39 · E1 · 04 Oct 2013 · 1 hr 0 min

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We’ve heard for years about the dangers of eating too much fat or salt. But there have never been recommended limits for sugar on Canadian food labels, despite emerging research that suggests the sweet stuff may be making more of us fat and sick. Has the sugar industry been hiding an unsavoury truth from consumers?