This is everyday wellness, a podcast dedicated to helping you achieve your health and wellness goals and provide practical strategies that you can use in your real life.

And now, here is your host, Nurse Practition practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.

I am delighted and excited today

to have Dr. Michael Gorham and Dr. Emily Ventura with us today to talk about their new book which is coming out tomorrow called sugarproof.

Dr. Gorham is a professor of pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, which is affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. He has program director for diabetes and obesity at the Saibun Research Institute Institute and he holds the Dr. Robert C and

Veronica Atkins endowed chair in Childhood Obesity and Diabetes. He also serves as

co-director of the USC diabetes and obesity research institute. Dr. Emily Ventura is a nutrition

educator, public health advocate writer and cook. She did her BA in biology and society

with an additional concentration

in Latin American studies from Cornell University.

She later went on to complete her master's

in public health and doctorate of philosophy in Preventative Medicine at the University of Southern California.

She has spent 10 years of research experience in public health with a focus on dietary strategies for the prevention of obesity,

diabetes, and cancer.

I can't think of two better people to have on this afternoon

to really dive into this issue with sugar.

And so, you know, I know not only for myself as a mom, but I know as a

clinician, as a nurse practitioner, that sugar has really shifted the

health trajectory not only of our children but also of our entire nation.

And I'd love for you to talk about, you know, how does sugar really impact mental,

physical and academic health of our children? I want to dive right in. I

know I got a lot of feedback on social media. Parents who are really looking for

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