Poison or guilty pleasure, the REAL truth about sugar.
Robert Lustig is a Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology and a public health expert on the impact of sugar on our health. He is the author of bestselling books such as, ‘Fat Chance’, ‘Metabolical’, and ‘The Hacking of the American Mind’.
In this conversation, Robert and Steven discuss topics such as, how nearly 75% of grocery items have added sugar, that obesity rates have doubled, the health impacts of childhood obesity and how calorie counting doesn’t help you to lose weight.
00:00 Intro
00:58 Our Minds Have Been Hacked!
04:03 What Dopamine Does to Your Brain
06:53 Sugar Is A Big Problem In Today’s Society
09:28 Why Sugar Is Poison To Our Bodies
10:08 The Difference Between Sugar and Fructose
13:53 This Is How Sugar Is Damaging Your Body
17:29 Damaging Effects on the Brain from Sugar Consumption
21:20 How the Food Industry Is Making You Eat Crazy Amounts of Sugar
24:05 Health Side Effects
26:12 Diet Coke, Saviour or Villain?
34:17 Sugar and the Impact on Our Organs
39:08 How Important Are Calories as a Way to Lose Weight?
42:47 Sugar Addiction, Stress, and Other Triggers
45:03 The Only Foods That Don't Contain Sugar
47:31 Food Labels Are Sending Wrong and Inaccurate Messages
49:16 Babies Are Born Fatter Than Before
50:30 Research on Children's Obesity
53:20 Insulin Resistance
55:00 Can We Reverse Diabetes?
57:34 What Is Leptin & How It’s Involved In Weight Loss
01:01:23 What Are Obesogens & How They Impact Our Health
01:02:31 The 3 Different Types of Fat You Should Be Worried About
01:08:34 Fruit Consumption… Good or Bad?
01:10:45 Environmental Chemicals That Make Us Fat
01:13:16 What Is an Endocrine Disruptor & How Can We Deal with Them?
01:16:11 How To Identify Real Food
01:21:20 The Importance of Fibre in Food
01:26:02 Personal Responsibility
01:33:50 Should the Government Get Involved?
01:38:40 Are We Being Lied To?
01:41:09 The Four C's for Contentment
01:46:19 What Is the Cause of All Our Health Problems?
01:48:46 Last Question
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