{"product_id":"metabolical-the-lure-and-the-lies-of-processed-food-nutrition-and-modern-medicine","title":"Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFat Chance\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eexplains the eight pathologies that underlie all chronic disease, documents how processed food has impacted them to ruin our health, economy, and environment over the past 50 years, and proposes an urgent manifesto and strategy to cure both us and the planet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric neuroendocrinologist who has long been on the cutting edge of medicine and science, challenges our current healthcare paradigm which has gone off the rails under the influence of Big Food, Big Pharma, and Big Government.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou can’t solve a problem if you don’t know what the problem is. One of Lustig’s singular gifts as a communicator is his ability to “connect the dots” for the general reader, in order to unpack the scientific data and concepts behind his arguments, as he tells the “real story of food” and “the story of real food.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMetabolical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e weaves the interconnected strands of nutrition, health\/disease, medicine, environment, and society into a completely new fabric by proving on a scientific basis a series of iconoclastic revelations, among them: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedicine for chronic disease treats symptoms, not the disease itself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou can diagnose your own biochemical profile \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChronic diseases are not \"druggable,\" but they are \"foodable\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProcessed food isn’t just toxic, it’s addictive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe war between vegan and keto is a false war—the combatants are on the same side\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBig Food, Big Pharma, and Big Government are on the other side\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaking the case that food is the only lever we have to effect biochemical change to improve our health, Lustig explains what to eat based on two novel criteria: protect the liver, and feed the gut. He insists that if we do not fix our food and change the way we eat, we will continue to court chronic disease, bankrupt healthcare, and threaten the planet. But there is hope: this book explains what’s needed to fix all three.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The authoritative, no-hold-barred analysis of what food does for health, versus what the food industry does for disease.” — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMark Bittman, food writer and author of Animal, Vegetable, Junk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“We’re not just eating ourselves to death, we’re eating the planet to death. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMetabolical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explains why, and why we’ve been so impotent at dealing with both.” — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKatie Couric, journalist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMetabolical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e lays bare the depth of the relationship between the recent and profound perversion of the human diet and its overwhelming health consequences...Manufactured food is killing humanity. And real food, as Lustig makes clear, is the only right choice for our health, our food supply, our wallets, and our planet.” — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDavid Perlmutter, MD, Fellow, American College of Nutrition, Author, #1 New York Times bestseller of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGrain Brain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBrain Wash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Rob Lustig does it again...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMetabolical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an eye-opener about our modern food environment, health-care system, and the dire straits the next generation is headed in if we don't make some serious systemic changes in the way we think about nutrition. \" — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNicole Avena, PhD, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat to Eat When You Want to Get Pregnant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA modern Copernicus, Dr. Robert Lustig has provided both the expertise to recognize the charade of processed food and the courage to tell the truth.” — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDale E. Bredesen, MD, professor and author of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestseller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe End of Alzheimer’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A beautifully written exposé of a broken system that begs to be repaired.”  — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKelly D. Brownell, PhD, Director, World Food Policy Center and Dean Emeritus, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e“Metabolical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shows that not all calories are created equal, an insight that if acted upon could save countless lives.”  — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRobert N. Proctor, PhD, Professor of the History of Science, Stanford University, and author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGolden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\"Metabolical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a meticulous analysis of current science on nutrition and health; and an indictment of processed food, the food industry, and the actors who conspire to keep our food unhealthy.\" — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEmily M. Broad Leib, JD, Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Food Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “This book will open your eyes to a powerful food industry that is failing in its core task.” — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJeffrey D. Sachs, PhD, University Professor at Columbia University President of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Robert Lustig has treated the casualties, and now he’s going after the perpetrators.” — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRaj Patel, PhD, social activist and author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStuffed and Starved, History of the World in Seven Cheap Things,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eInflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert H. Lustig, MD, MSL, is the editor of the academic volume \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObesity Before Birth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the internationally acclaimed author of the popular works \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFat Chance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSugar Has 56 Names\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFat Chance Cookbook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hacking of the American Mind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He is Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology and a member of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF. He lectures globally and consults with numerous medical societies and policy organizations to improve population health. 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