29% of children in America eat a bowl of fruit loops and orange juice every single morning. That is forty one grams of sugar - the upper limit should be 12g for the whole day. So, is it any wonder kids are doing so badly in school? Is it any wonder thet kids are massively obese and hav faty liber disease? They're getting poisoned at school?"
Robert Lustig, MD, MSL is Professor emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. He specializes in the field of neuroendocrinology, with an emphasis on the regulation of energy balance by the central nervous system, and his research and clinical practice has focused on childhood obesity and diabetes. His latest book, Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine, is out now. Full show notes: https://maxlugavere.com/podcast/243