How You've Been Lied To About Calories, Dieting, Exercise & Losing Weight | Dr. Robert Lustig
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Published 2024-03-20
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There are several different schools of thought behind obesity and metabolic dysfunction, for example, the energy balance model or “calories-in, calories-out” perspective that many people have felt fooled by. While calories certainly are one piece, there is much more to the puzzle of weight management and metabolic health, like hormonal cascades and oxidative stress.
My guest today is the perfect person to discuss these topics with. Dr. Robert Lustig is an author and neuroendocrinologist with expertise in metabolism, obesity, and nutrition. He has dedicated his retirement from clinical medicine to help fix the food supply in any way he can, to reduce human suffering, and to promote a collective vision of metabolic health: protect the liver, feed the gut, support the brain.
In this episode, we discuss:
Is a calorie really just a calorie? (7:24)
The surprising truth: All models of energy intake are a little right and a little wrong (9:20)
Proven methods for reducing insulin to support weight loss (29:39)
What are obesogens and how are they hijacking our metabolic health? (32:00)
Reactive oxygen species and aging (and how to reduce them) (38:05)
Why glucose and insulin monitoring are powerful levers for metabolic health (42:15)
Summing up the facts and our beliefs around calories and weight (47:00)
The cellular impact of oxidative stress and chronic stress (54:00)
Monch Monch: a new fiber solution for absorbing simple sugars and preventing glucose spikes as well as increasing satiety and boosting microbial diversity (1:02:20)
Food addiction in adults and children and addressing the root cause (1:10:45)
What actions can we take based on scientific advances to make our lives better? (1:24:15)
Why any food that feeds the gut, protects the liver, and supports the brain is a healthy food (1:33:35)
Perfact and how to use it to understand what is metabolically healthy at your exact grocery store (1:40:20)
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All Comments (21)
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Sometimes I eat poison and sometimes I eat medicine. I'm going to start referring to foods this way. Also, before consuming, I will ask if this will...Protect my Liver, Feed my Gut, and Support my Brian. This definitely puts things in perspective for me.
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lustig is above and beyond the vegan keto argument. he knows the bad guy is processed food and especially sugar / fructose. he is smarter than many in the health / diet field.
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I was eating keto, berries, nuts and veggies but still sick and unfamed and still had a bloated gut. I finally discovered what led to my insulin resistance and unexplained weight gain: GLYPHOSATE!!! I started eating organic. The weight started falling off and I feel SO much better! I'm healthy again.
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One of the best talks on YouTube around health and nutrition. Thankyou
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Please, please keep talking about this! I have listened to many of these conversations between you two and I always hear something new. Thank you for making this information digestible and applicable.
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I'd like to thank Dr. Lustig for showing me the way how to reverse preT2D. I did it without taking any meds.
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My two favorite online doctors who can save humanity in the metabolic realm! Thank you both so much for all you endeavor to learn and teach to all who will listen!!! You’ve both been the help to restore what is possible to my health! I was a life long sugar and carb eater, along with healthy food. The sugar/carb junk nearly destroyed my life. I am forever grateful for all you have done thus far!!
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I'm subscribed and watch about one show a week. It's not an interview, it's a discussion, so expect fast talk with constant (supportive) interruptions , but they pull it off without losing train of thought. You could spend hours to review and study terminology to summarize the content of one show, to retain in memory and diet lifestyle. My favorite nutritional health information resource Thanks Mark and Robert.
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These are two of the best doctors and educators around. So grateful for them!
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Mark does an excellent job of explaining things so lay people can understand. Mark is the best!
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Robert είναι απο τους πρώτους γιατρούς που είπε την αλήθεια σχετικά με τους λόγους που έχει αυξηθεί η παχυσαρκία ❤❤❤❤
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I paused this podcast to watch Fed Up. Amazing. You guys are true heros.
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awesome, thank you for bringing Lustig on!
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Wow! Ya'll are awesome! That is so educational! How exciting to hear two people so passionate about resolving the root cause of our biggest health issues! Thanks! You are heros!
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A big issue they don't discuss is psychological learned habits of family eating behaviors for comfort under stress. The roots. And living in a dysfunctional family with abuse & neglect - but there was no abuse and everyone was getting along going to the ice cream spot, mom making fudge or drinking pop at every dinner,with dessert, family time
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Always thanks a lots to both of you, very respectfully!
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I want to express my gratitude for this amazing public conversation! One of the best conversations about metabolic health on YouTube by far! I have been following both of your work for years now, and your public discourse is truly saving lives! ✨👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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I read Metabolical and I'm on chapter 15 of Young Forever. I like how both of you write the same way you present on camera.
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Thank you. Great conversation! So enlightening on multiple levels. Thie info is so dense.This could be broken down into many shorts.
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Super good chemistry in this video, really keep one going. Thanks for your work both.
