The Sugar Trap (1981)/Documentary/57 min./Pyramid Home Video/home video rights only.

Are we committing gastronomical suicide? That's the question posed in this eye-opening examination of the sugar industry and, in particular, the effects of sugar on human beings. After a brief introduction covering the history and making of sugar, narrator John Rubinstein consults a wide range of authorities--including Linus Pauling, Lendon Smith, and Sheldon Reiser--on subjects ranging from diseases directly linked to sugar consumption to the possible connection between sugar and crime. 200 years ago, the average human being consumed 4 lbs. of sugar a year--today that figure has jumped to 129 lbs. The Sugar Trap is an excellent consumer awareness program about the perils of indulging the sweet tooth.