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The Bitter Truth About Sugar: It's Poisoning You! | Dr. Robert Lustig

Episode 474

Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/drrobertlustig474

Dr. Robert Lustig (IG: @robertlustigmd) is a neuroendocrinologist, New York Times bestselling author, and Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. He's authored 125 peer-reviewed articles and 73 reviews.

Rob has become a leading public health authority on the impact sugar has on fueling the diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome epidemics, and on addressing changes in the food environment to reverse these chronic diseases.

Today we're discussing his latest book, Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine.

If you're addicted to sugar, you're going to want to listen to this!

In this episode, we discuss:

Why we should be talking about metabolic health... not nutrition
Understanding the science of fiber
The definition of sugar
Fructose is destroying your health
Do you absorb the fructose from fruit?
Stop eating "dessert" for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Are there limits on the amount of sugar being added to foods?
How to determine the amount of fat in your liver
Causes of fatty liver
Fructose consumption increases insulin resistance
How to reverse metabolic syndrome in 10 days
You can't outrun a bad diet
Why eating properly is complicated + what to avoid
The 3 supplements Rob recommends
The history of processed sugar
Why low-fat diets became popular in the 70s
Understanding LDL and heart disease
Rob's approach to breaking your sugar addiction

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The Bitter Truth About Sugar: It's Poisoning You! | Dr. Robert Lustig