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Video lecture on sugar by Marthe Walvoort (as part of the Universiteit van Nederland)

05 January 2021

When is sugar in fact healthy? Sugar has a bad reputation – and that's a shame, as sugar isn't always bad. Chemist Marthe Walvoort explains more in a video lecture (in Dutch) for the Universiteit van Nederland.

Universiteit van Nederland

Through the Universiteit van Nederland, inspiring academics share interesting and new insights from their fields of research by means of short lectures. They bring science to life for a young and wide-ranging public by answering provocative questions in various formats. From dark matter to animals’ experiences of love: just about everything is covered.

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