You Are What You Eat - Not All Calories Are Created Equally with World-Renowned Sugar Expert, Dr. Robert Lustig

This week’s episode is going to be a sweet one. This week’s guest is a leading neuroendocrinologist who is bringing the bitter truth about sugar to the forefront, and how it relates to the obesity epidemic. His work has benefited the lives of countless children, over 20 pediatric endocrine fellows, and hundreds more with his 105 peer-reviewed, and 65 review articles. Not only is he a renowned scientist, you can also say he is in part a YouTube star, with multiple presentations on Sugar, Calories, and Processed foods combining for almost 50 million views!When sugar isn’t consuming his time, he can be seen at a local Theater, cooking, and traveling with his wife and 2 daughters.The “Maestro of Metabolism and the Sherpa of Combating Sugar”, Dr. Robert Lustig is this week’s guest on “The Jake Dunlap Show.” Dr. Robert Lustig was shaped by his early years growing up in his childhood location of Brooklyn, NY. He attended Stuyvesant H.S. in Manhattan before attending MIT to study Life Sciences in his undergrad, and his M.D in Medicine specializing in pediatrics from Cornell University. He later received his Master’s of Studies in Law (Public Health Law) from University of California in 2013. Dr. Lustig completed his pediatric residency at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and later his Clinical Fellowship at UCSF in 1984 prior to 6 Years of post-doctoral fellow/research assistant work at Rockefeller University. He also did some work at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where we theorized that hypothalamic damage led to inability to sense hormone leptin, which led to a starvation response. Now Dr. Lustig is a Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at UCSF. He also holds numerous Advisory Board and Chief Medical Officer positions. Please enjoy this week’s episode with Dr. Robert Lustig. Author:Fat Chance (2012)The Hacking of the American Mind (2017) Recent release: Matabolical: The Lure and Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition and Modern Medicine  Dr. Lustig’s Social Media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-lustig-8904245/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrRobertLustigInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertlustigmd/?hl=en Jake Dunlap:Personal Site - http://jakedunlap.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakedunlap/Twitter - https://twitter.com/JakeTDunlapInstagram - http://instagram.com/jake\_dunlap _Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JakeTDunlap/ Skaled:Website - https://skaled.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/skaled