Episode 5: Robert Lustig, Metabolical

Send us a textJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Robert Lustig for their discussion of Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine, Dr. Lustig's newest book about the interconnected strands of nutrition, health/disease, medicine, environment, and society.Together, they discuss the relationship between nutrition and non-communicable disease, the dangers of processed foods, and the ways in which the entrenched interests of Big Food, Big Pharma, and Big Government influence our current healthcare paradigm.The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.Footnotes:What is Leptin?The Role of Leptin in Human Physiology: Emerging Clinical ApplicationsNoncommunicable diseasesGlobal obesity ratesRemarks by US First Lady Michelle Obama at the "Let's Move" Action Plan Announcement with Cabinet SecretariesType 2 Diabetes in ChildrenThe sugar that saturates the American diet has a barbaric history as the ‘white gold’ that fueled slaveryFiberActivists Just Scored Bog Wins Against ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell PepsiCo working on reducing targets for salt, sugar in IndiaSnacks for a Fat Planet: PepsiCo takes stock of the obesity epidemicHow Denise Morrison Took Processed Food Icon Campbell’s On a Fresh Food Buying Spree$15 Million Settlement in Post Cereal Lawsuit ⭐️ Thank you for listening!➡️ Sign up for the newsletter: https://bit.ly/subscribeBCJS➡️ Website: bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org 🎉 Don't forget to subscribe and share your favorite episode with your friends! 📣 Leave a rating and tell us what you thought about this episode!

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