Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist and professor emeritus at the University of California–San Francisco, has written a number of excellent books about health. His latest, “Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine,” goes deep into the details of how changes in our food supply have damaged our metabolic health. The title of his book, “Metabolical,” is actually a portmanteau of the words “metabolic” and “diabolical,” which captures nicely the essence of his message. “I wrote it because nothing else has worked,” Lustig said. “Part of the problem is, this is such a complicated issue.” Lustig says with so many stakeholders, it is critical they all have the same set of facts so they can start working together to solve the problem. Those stakeholders include patients, doctors, food companies, the insurance industry, Wall Street, and Congress. “My job was to put all of this …
Food as Medicine: The Answer to Mounting Health Crises
May 13, 2021
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