Conservation staff and volunteers are battling to save 100 that are still alive, in one of the areas worst Whale Standings in living memory. Good morning, its friday 10th february. Im rachel schofield. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, has conceded the Nhs In England is facing completely unacceptable problems. He said there was no excuse for some of the difficulties highlighted during the bbcs nhs week. A series of reports have revealed Lengthening Waits in a e and patients being left for hours on trolleys. In an exclusive interview with the bbc, mr hunt told our Health Editor hugh pym that the government has a plan, but it will take time to deliver. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs, and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same c
to why, but one in particular is getting a much closer look. it s about sugar. everybody knows too much is bad, but i have been surprised see just how bad. i did this investigation with cbs s 60 minutes and it begins with this pediatric endo kronologist who says we re literally poisoning ourselves with sugar. is sugar toxic? i believe it is. do you ever worry that it just sounds a little bit over the top? sure. all the time. but it s the truth. dr. robert lustig is a pediatric end kronologist in san francisco and a pioneer in what is becoming a war against sugar. moefshated by his own patients, too many sick and obese children, he has concluded that sugar more than any other substance is to blame. what are all these various diseases that you saw are linked to sugar? obesity, type ii diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease itself. lustig says the american lifestyle is killing us. and most of it, you say, is preventible? 75% of it is preventible. repor