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Oct 2025
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Dr. Robert Lustig, a world-leading expert on sugar addiction, metabolism, ultra-processed food, and artificial sweeteners, reveals how they fuel obesity, dementia, dopamine overload, and addiction - and the dangers of RFK Jr.’s health approach. Dr. Robert Lustig is a neuroendocrinologist and expert on sugar, obesity, and the science of addiction, whose gr ... Show More
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