Kale Won’t Kill You & Sugar Isn’t Poison: Ignore Silly Food Claims About Harm

The dosage makes the poison.

Zachary Walston, PT, DPT, OCS
Better Humans
Published in
7 min readMay 5, 2023

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“Sugar is poison.”

That is one of several absurd claims made on social media by coaches, trainers, and even some healthcare providers.

It’s not.

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