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Robert lustig is his latest update and a sequel to his popular youtube video sugar. But in order to avoid the hidden sugars that threaten our health and waistlines, dr. Lustig warns that we must transform the way we shop, cook. Dr robert lustig is an american paediatric endocrinologist at the university of california, san francisco, where he is a professor of clinical paediatrics. Fat chance, documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of metabolic syndrome which results in conditions like obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
Every recipe was vetted by students at mount diablo high school in concord, calif. Robert lustig is a professor of pediatrics at the ucsf benioff childrens hospital and the author of fat chance. This year at the natural products expo, pediatrician and author of the bestselling book fat chance, dr. Finally, we come to the voldemort of the dietary hit list. The longawaited cookbook companion to the instant new york times bestseller fat chance shows you how to beat the oddsdeliciously dr.
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Robert lustig s message that the increased sugar in our diets has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last thirty years captured our national attention. With more than 100 recipes as well as meal plans, nutritional analyses, shopping lists, and. The obesity pandemic is due to our altered biochemistry, which is a result of our altered environment. We decided to produce the whole transcript of the video just as we did with his former one. Obesity is not a behavioral aberration, a character flaw, or an error of commission. Obesity has become the worlds number one health problem. New york times bestseller robert lustig s 90minute youtube video sugar. Lustig is the author of more than 200 academic works, and of the popular books fat chance. Im only a chapter and a half in, but i have to say, ive already had quite a.
Fat chance became an instant new york times bestseller. Now dr lustig has penned a book called fat chance beating the odds against sugar, processed food, obesity, and disease which has just been released in. Robert lustig examines the science of obesity to determine the role that our current diet especially too much sugar and too little fiber plays in weight gain and disease. The basic premise is that sugar is the root of all evil. Fat chance is the best book ive read on the relationship between diet. In this 2012 fulllength book followup to his 2009 youtube sensation, sugar. Beating the odds against sugar, processed food, obesity and disease. Robert lustig, professor emeritus of pediatrics, division of endocrinology at the university of california, san francisco ucsf in my opinion, aseem malhotra again conveys a powerful and important message, not only in the context of the current health crisis, but. Lustig is brave enough to make clear that the food industry has no interest whatsoever to reduce sugar in plenty of foodstuff and we are pretty much left alone to deal with the daily madness of temptation, stressful factors, ignorance and the governments fear of taking on this huge problem. Using that knowledge, he proposes changes in our personal, public, and governmental attitudes to combat this scourge. Dr robert lustig reveals the truth about our sugarladen food. 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.
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He is the director of the ucsf weight assessment for teen and child health program. In the fat chance cookbook, robert provides practical examples for applying healthy eating principles with recipes by cindy gershen. Lustig has assembled expert authors to address the. Robert lustig is a clinician, a scientist, and an advocate a combination that that makes him uniquely qualified to bring the conditions many facets into sharp focus. Fat chance is firmly against the consumption of sugar. Dr robert lustig exposes how changes in the food industry and in. Fat chance is a persuasively indignant publicpolicy manifesto, but its also a self help book.
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