Sugar slam.

AuthorMangu-Ward, Katherine
PositionBriefly Noted - Movie review - Brief article

Eating 40 teaspoons of sugar a day, as Australian actor Damon Gameau does in his new stunt documentary That Sugar Film, probably isn't a great idea. That's hardly news. In the grand tradition of popular anti-McDonald's doc Super Size Me, Gameau quickly develops a photogenic laundry list of symptoms, including 19 pounds of weight gain, lethargy, and (a mere 18 days into the experiment) a test result suggesting he is at risk for fatty liver disease.

That Sugar Film quickly escalates to more outrageous claims, blaming sugar for everything from bipolar disorder to...

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