Lustig addresses the way “pre-existing conditions” (i.e. In the special chapter “Food in the Time of Corona,” Dr. He uses this science to chronicle the breakdown in our current healthcare paradigm, which has succumbed to influence from Big Food, Big Pharma, and Big Government. medication can’t cure what nutrition can) by following two basic principles: protect the liver, and feed the gut. Lustig illustrates how they are not “druggable” but rather “foodable” (i.e. And to be sure, the pandemic we are referring to is the pandemic of chronic, noninfectious, preventable diseases, not COVID-19.ĭescribing the eight pathologies within the cell that belie all chronic disease, Dr. For the first time, all strands of this pandemic-the medical, the economic, and the environmental-are pulled together into one clear narrative.

This new work addresses nutrition, food science, and global health, and explains how by focusing on real food we can reverse chronic disease and promote longevity. Robert Lustig on the podcast talking about his new book, METABOLICAL.

I’m excited to let everyone know that we again have the opportunity to feature Dr. Robert Lustig was when he published The Hacking of the American Mind, elucidating how the processed food industry has hacked our bodies and minds to pursue pleasure over happiness, fueling widespread addiction and depression. But is that really the case.As you may recall, the last time we had the opportunity to interview Dr. #4 Modern Medicine is based on the idea that people live longer today than they did a hundred years ago, and that people who are healthy live longer than people who are not. The average American's weight is up, health is down, and wallet is underwater. #3 There is a correlation between the number of visits to an HMO doctor and increasing weight gain in the population. The price of insulin has tripled in just one decade, and many patients have to choose between paying for their medicine or their food or their electricity. #2 The epidemic of metabolic syndrome affects all ages, races, and creeds, but people are still making money off of it. The more money we throw at the problem, the worse it gets, and we haven't solved it yet. Sample Book Insights: #1 The United States has the worst health outcomes of any country in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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