Dr. Robert Lustig
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 12 Jan
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Now, can you measure one pound on the scale?
No, you can't.
No, you can't.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, there's so much weight fluctuation. It's in the realm of error.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah. No, you can't measure.
Exactly. But the fat in your liver is the primary driver of that chronic metabolic disease. And today, 45% of Americans have fatty liver disease. considering that no one had ever heard of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease before 1980. And now 45% of Americans have it. That is the biggest epidemic in the history of the world, including COVID.
Exactly. But also our obesity epidemic? Well, if you become insulin resistant and your pancreas has to make more insulin and your insulin levels rise, and then that insulin works on your adipocyte, yes.
So 22 pounds of sub-Q fat equals five pounds of visceral fat equals one pound of liver fat. You tell me which one's worst. What is the worst?
And what do you make? What do you give to the goose to make the foie gras? Corn, I believe. Well, refined carbohydrate. But you know what makes it go faster?
Oh, well, I don't eat it. They don't serve it. They stuff it.
They shove it down.
Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. That makes it the fastest.
Right. And it's soft drinks that are the main lining of that sugar to create that fatty liver. That's right. So we have to fix that first. And when you fix the fatty liver, you'll fix the insulin resistance. When you fix the insulin resistance, you'll fix the insulin. When you fix the insulin, you'll fix the leptin. When you fix the leptin, you'll fix the weight.
So let's talk about how we can all fix this. In my book, Metabolical, I basically say that in order to turn metabolic disease around, you have to adhere to two precepts, protect the liver feed the gut. Six words. Protect the liver, feed the gut. Two clauses, six words. Now, the reason I did that, the reason I said that was because Michael Pollan in his book, Food Rules, said seven words.
He said, eat food, not too much, mostly plants. I had to come in under that.
No. No, you don't think that gets the full equation? Michael's a friend. I've had him to dinner at my house and his wife, Judith, and they're wonderful and delightful. I actually think that those three clauses are all incorrect. Eat food. Well, we just learned that processed food is not food. Not too much.
Understood.
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