The lure and lies of processed food, with Dr Robert Lustig
The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show
Liz Earle
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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On this episode of The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show, Liz is joined by Dr Robert Lustig, a paediatric endocrinologist with over 40 years of experience. It was his work with obese children that spurred him on to become one of the leading voices on how our modern diets (rich in both processed foods and sugar) are sabotaging our metabolic health.
Dr Lustig uncovers the truth about ultra-processed produce and shares his simple rule for eating with health in mind - protect the liver, feed the gut.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and a very warm welcome to another episode of The Lizl Wellbeing Show and today we are |
| 0:18.2 | going to be taking a deep dive into the perilous world of processed food with Dr. Robert Lustig. |
| 0:25.4 | Now Robert has been a pediatric endocrinologist for 40 years and is one of the leading voices |
| 0:31.7 | on how our modern diets high in both processed foods and sugar are damaging our metabolic health. |
| 0:39.3 | In his latest book Metabolical, The Lure and Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition and Modern |
| 0:45.7 | Medicine, he makes a case that it's not so much what's in our food that counts but what's |
| 0:51.6 | been done to that food. We can protect our health for the long haul he says if we eat with two |
| 0:58.3 | simple rules in mind. Protect the liver and feed the gut. Well we have had a really fascinating |
| 1:05.7 | and empowering chat and so I do hope that you enjoy the lesson. If I were you I would grab a pen |
| 1:12.6 | and paper. I'm going to have to listen again with my note pad. There's so much here to share and |
| 1:18.0 | learn and I'm so looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Instagram after the show. So let's |
| 1:23.2 | hear it from Robert. So very warm welcome. I'm thrilled that you have joined us today. I have to say |
| 1:29.3 | I'm admire of your work. I've been stalking you on social media and online for a while now so |
| 1:34.0 | this is a real treat. I know that we're going to have a lot in common to talk about so welcome. |
| 1:38.6 | Well I may have to call the cops on you then because |
| 1:42.1 | exactly if you have a strange one. Thank you but I really don't want to be stalked. You know the |
| 1:48.6 | message is important but you know not the message. Yeah absolutely well let's talk a little bit |
| 1:53.7 | about your background and how you came to be involved in this really important message because |
| 1:58.8 | you're working. Am I right mainly in pediatrics and brain health? Well I am a pediatric |
| 2:05.9 | neuroendocrinologist so I study how the brain controls hormones and how hormones control the brain. |
| 2:14.4 | My primary passion you know started out being growth and I started taking care of short kids |
| 2:22.1 | and then the short kids got fat on me. And so I started researching obesity back in around |
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