Sugar Coated

Sugar Coated

91 mins | Documentary | April 25, 2015

The investigation and exposure of the US sugar industry’s systematic hijacking of scientific study to bury evidence that sugar is—in fact—toxic.

Sugar Coated

91 mins | Documentary | April 25, 2015

Sugar Coated
The investigation and exposure of the US sugar industry’s systematic hijacking of scientific study to bury evidence that sugar is—in fact—toxic.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers ARTE, ZDF, White Pine Pictures, Films Transit International, TVO
Original title Sugar Coated
Directors Michèle Hozer
Writers Roxana Spicer

Cast

Gary Taubes

as Self / Author

Robert Lustig

as Self / Doctor of Pediatric Endocrinology

Craig Wilcox

as Self / Researcher, Okinawa Centenarian Study

Alexis Gomez

as Self / Former Patient of Dr. Lustig

Cristin Kearns

as Self / Dentist, Denver, Colorado

Yoni Freedhoff M.D.

as Self / University of Ottawa

Jean-Marc Schwartz

as Self / Biochemist

John Yudkin

as Self (archival footage)

Ancel Keys

as Self (archival footage)

Sami Inkinen

as Self / Endurance Athlete

Dr. John L. Sievenpiper

as Self / Researcher, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto

Terry Dean

as Self / Heart and Stroke Foundation

Frank Lisciandro

as Self / Filmmaker

Sheldon Reiser

as Self / Researcher at the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Judith Hallfrisch

as Self / Nutritionist

Stan Glantz

as Self / Head of the Tobacco Research Unit, University of CA

Arya Sharma

as Self / Medical Director, Canadian Obesity Network

Kim Raine

as Self / Alberta University

Richard Ellis

as Self / McDonald's Canada

Laura Schmidt

as Self / Faculty of Medicine, University of California

Meredith Inkinen

as Self / Endurance Athlete