I am the calor killer. And i'm going to be the nutrition killer. Even though my diploma says nutrition and food science, it's wrong. So let's talk about the difference between those three terms. Food science is what happens to food between the ground an the mouth. Metabolic health is what happens inside the cell. It turns out all the chronic diseases that we've been talking about all happen inside the cell - so metava health should be our north star.
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