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

01:58 Our Minds Have Been Hacked!

05:03 What Dopamine Does to Your Brain

07:53 Sugar Is A Big Problem In Today’s Society

10:28 Why Sugar Is Poison To Our Bodies

11:08 The Difference Between Sugar and Fructose

14:53 This Is How Sugar Is Damaging Your Body

18:29 Damaging Effects on the Brain from Sugar Consumption

22:20 How the Food Industry Is Making You Eat Crazy Amounts of Sugar

25:05 Health Side Effects

27:12 Diet Coke, Saviour or Villain?

35:17 Sugar and the Impact on Our Organs

40:08 How Important Are Calories as a Way to Lose Weight?

43:47 Sugar Addiction, Stress, and Other Triggers

46:03 The Only Foods That Don't Contain Sugar

48:31 Food Labels Are Sending Wrong and Inaccurate Messages

50:16 Babies Are Born Fatter Than Before

51:30 Research on Children's Obesity

54:20 Insulin Resistance

56:00 Can We Reverse Diabetes?

58:34 What Is Leptin & How It’s Involved In Weight Loss

01:02:23 What Are Obesogens & How They Impact Our Health

01:03:31 The 3 Different Types of Fat You Should Be Worried About

01:09:34 Fruit Consumption… Good or Bad?

01:11:45 Environmental Chemicals That Make Us Fat

01:14:16 What Is an Endocrine Disruptor & How Can We Deal with Them?

01:17:11 How To Identify Real Food

01:22:20 The Importance of Fibre in Food

01:27:02 Personal Responsibility

01:34:50 Should the Government Get Involved?

01:39:40 Are We Being Lied To?

01:42:09 The Four C's for Contentment

01:47:19 What Is the Cause of All Our Health Problems?

01:49:46 Last Question

 

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