LEVELS – A Whole New Level

#106 - Big Food, Big Sugar & how they affect our metabolic health today | Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol

Apr 21, 2022

50:36

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Episode guests

Robert Lustig

Ben Grynol

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Episode notes

The Relationship Between Heart Disease and Sugar

04:54

Is It Really a Filler?

03:48

How Far Back Should We Take This Rant?

01:37

What Would You Give as a Takeaway?

02:35

Introduction

3min

How Far Back Should We Take This Rant?

2min

What Is Colusion?

2min

The Sugar Research Foundation

4min

The Tobacco Research Foundation and the Sugar Research Foundation Using the Same Play Book as Sugar

3min

The Relationship Between Heart Disease and Sugar

5min

The Sugar Research Foundation Funded a Lot of Studies, but They Never Got Published

2min

The Dark Forces of Industry Are Playing on This

3min

The American Dietetic Association and the School Nutrition Association

4min

10.

Do Backo Kidvid? Is That Fair?

3min

11.

The Process Food Industry in the Sixties

3min

12.

The End of Crop Rotation

4min

13.

Monsanto and the Seed Industry

3min

14.

Is Sugar a Dietary Staple?

5min

15.

Is It Really a Filler?

4min

16.

What Would You Give as a Takeaway?

3min

The history of the Big Food and Big Sugar industries still affect our metabolic health today. Learn more in this conversation between Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

🎙 What Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol discuss:

(09:24) - Create the consensus
(17:17) - Exonerate sugar as the cause of heart disease
(22:31) - Use shoddy science
(23:35) - Buy off scientists and critics
(24:50) - Weakening government oversight
(26:53) - Fight back against regulated advertising
(35:20) - Go all in on corn
(40:40) - Sugar should be a condiment
(43:04) - Increase food industry profits
(48:27) - The public needs to demand better

Transcripts & Show Notes

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