# 432 - Fructose is causing the obesity crisis - Dr Richard Johnson

Book : Nature wants us to be fat : https://amzn.to/3YsyMHm While sugar is recognised as a key driver of disease across the world, the emphasis has often been on glucose, in todays episode I speak with Dr Richard Johnson on the role of another form of sugar, fructose. We hear how fructose historically played a key role in helping animals prepare for a scarcity of food. We explore why animals start foraging for food when they consume fructose. Dr Johnson tells us about the important fructose switch that he believes lies at the heart of the current obesity epidemic. We also hear why Dr Johnson believes fructose consumption and its ability to change the human brain is responsible for ADHD and other neurological conditions. Plus we hear what kind of diet we should be consuming to migigate against the damaging health effects of sugar. Music used is Purple planet Music crediit goes to them Order Happy Habits for Mind and Body Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3KeQmGr Order Kindle copy of Happy Habits for Mind and Body : https://amzn.to/4c9T38f Order US paperback of Happy Habits for Mind and Body : https://amzn.to/4bxczeT Order UK paperback of Happy Habits for Mind and Body : https://rb.gy/jtfea5 Listen to all previous podcast episodes of the Happy Habit Podcast via these podcast platforms : Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/happy-habit-podcast Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Habit-Podcast/dp/B08K5887J8 Amazon music : https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/670836c2-ea4c-4a23-a67d-a54dd804ef61/happy-habit-podcast Spotify https://https://open.spotify.com/show/2VKIhQK6mYTzLCO8haUoRd Google Podcasts : https://t.ly/hTU8q ----- Follow the Happy Habit Podcast at: Website: https://happyhabitpodcast.wordpress.com/Facebook: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathieunorry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyhabitpodcast/ Newsletter: