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Lustig to talk about his newest book, the fat chance cookbook, which he wrote with his friend cindy gershen, a chef, as a followup to his 2012 bestseller fat chance. With the hacking of the american mind, he empowers us with the science of mind, brain, and love in a delightful, insightful, and humorous way. Robert lustig describes how increased consumption of sugar has paralleled a steep rise in obesity and metabolic disease diabetes, heart disease, cancer and dementia. Beating the odds against sugar, processed food, obesity, and.
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He provides compelling evidence that our overall food consumption is determined by a complex suite of hormones that will drive us in ways that leave very little room for personal decision. Beating the odds against sugar, processed food, obesity, and disease kindle edition by lustig, robert h download it once and. Lustig is a neuroendocrinologist, with basic and clinical training relative to hypothalamic development, anatomy and function. He is professor of pediatrics in the division of endocrinology at the university of california, san francisco ucsf, where he specializes in neuroendocrinology and childhood obesity. Its a few days before the release of his first book, fat chance a scientific and. Lustig makes a case in the introduction of the book that he is free of any biases or. Jan 03, 20 dr robert lustig suggests that the obesity epidemic is due to our hormones being altered by too much refined sugar in popular drinks and food stuff laden with the new high fructose corn syrup of late which replaced cane sugar by the food manufacturers because of low costs. Robert lustig website promoting global metabolic health. Lustig has been on a mission educating the public on the harmful effects of sugar. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Lustig has gained some notoriety in recent years on both sides of the atlantic for his strong antisugar campaigning. Im only a chapter and a half in, but i have to say, ive already had quite a few emotional responses to what ive read. In this 2012 fulllength book followup to his 2009 youtube sensation, sugar.
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