The Glucose Expert: The Only Proven Way To Lose Weight Fast! Calorie Counting Is A Load of BS!

Scientist who first identified the dangers of trans fats in 1957.

The energy of life, burned by every cell for energy; essential for survival, and the body can produce it if not consumed.

Imaging technology used to study brain activity and understand the neurological consequences of sugar on conditions like ADD/ADHD.

Associate of Fred Stare and future head of the USDA, also paid by the sugar industry to write misleading articles.

A method for determining proof without randomized control trials, using natural history data over time to establish proximate cause, like for climate change, tobacco/lung cancer, and sugar/disease.

A cereal manufacturer that has been sued for similar misrepresentations as Kellogg's.

A health organization mentioned in the context of studies showing that type 2 diabetes is reversible through diet interventions.

A dietary practice that allows the liver a chance to burn off accumulated fat, aiding in diabetes reversal.

A famous pesticide, banned in 1972 due to environmental effects, whose metabolite DDE can still be measured in pregnant women and predicts obesity in offspring.

Chairman of nutrition at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who concluded that ultra-processed food inhibits growth.

A Middle Eastern food company (compared to Nestle) that approached Dr. Lustig to re-engineer their product portfolio to be metabolically healthy.

Chemicals that transmit signals in the brain; dopamine leads to pleasure and addiction, while serotonin contributes to happiness and contentment.

A book by Dr. Lustig covering the profound impact of sugar on health and metabolic disease, a New York Times bestseller.

A library holding documents revealing how the sugar industry intentionally misled the public and paid scientists to downplay sugar's harms.

An enzyme stimulated by glucose, necessary for mitochondria to work and serving as a fuel gauge on liver cells; inhibited by fructose.

A food company whose lawsuit for mislabeling was dismissed.

Researcher at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, one of the people who has done the most work on leptin deficiency.

A surgical procedure for fat removal, discussed in the context of understanding that fat cells primarily increase in size, not number.

A metabolite of DDT, found in pregnant women's urine, that predicts obesity in their offspring years later.

A chemical used to paint boat bottoms, found in food and water supplies, that causes fat cells to grow.

An essential component of food that feeds gut bacteria, promoting bacterial diversity and metabolic health by producing short-chain fatty acids, but often removed from processed foods.

A conference held in London on May 17th, where Dr. Lustig was a keynote speaker to discuss food addiction and its implications for societal intervention.

Another book by Dr. Lustig providing foundational knowledge about metabolism and the impact of processed food.

Fats with a double bond in the opposite direction, used by the food industry for stabilization and shelf life, now largely banned due to their danger.

A common beverage, often consumed by children, contributing significantly to high sugar intake.

Head of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, who was paid by the sugar industry in 1965 to publish articles exonerating sugar and blaming saturated fat.

An institute whose study sections were infiltrated by the sugar industry to redirect funding from nutrition research to a cavities vaccine.

Researcher from Washington University in St. Louis whose work in 2013 showed that diet sweeteners still cause an insulin response.

An endocrine organ that releases insulin when sugar is detected, but also impacted by diet sweeteners leading to insulin response.

Enzymes in mitochondria inhibited by fructose, affecting fatty acid burning and carnitine regeneration.

One of a host of companies under pressure to change deceptive advertising and labeling practices.

Researcher at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, who has also done extensive work on leptin deficiency.

A book that highlighted the environmental impact of DDT.

Academic institution where Dr. Arrat Manigo-Oran conducts research on nutrition.

A book mentioned by Dr. Lustig, symbolizing the wisdom he wished he had known at 20: not needing to please everyone.

One of Dr. Lustig's books, subtitled 'The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains,' which discusses the neurological and societal impacts of modern pleasure-seeking.

The Food and Drug Administration, which banned trans fats in 2013.

Dietary sugar, composed of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule bound together.

A study conducted at UCSF with 43 obese children with metabolic syndrome, showing significant metabolic and behavioral improvements after removing added sugar from their diets for 9 days, even with maintained calories.

An energy sufficiency hormone made in fat cells, signaling to the brain when enough energy is stored; insulin blocks leptin, leading to hunger and reduced physical activity.

A cereal sued for mislabeling sugar content, with raisins dipped in sugar solution to make them sweeter, exceeding declared sugar amounts.

Hospital where Dr. Lustig conducted research on massively obese children with brain tumors, which led to his understanding of insulin's role in obesity.

Another form of diet that can help reverse type 2 diabetes.

A hospital in Cambridge, UK, known for its research on leptin deficiency.

Forever chemicals like Teflon, which cause obesity by themselves by promoting fat cell differentiation and growth.

Chemicals that mimic endogenous signals, altering tissue differentiation and growth, leading to issues like obesity, decreased fertility, and brain development problems.

Compounds like acetate, propionate, butyrate, produced by gut bacteria when they digest soluble fiber; butyrate is particularly helpful as an immune suppressant.

The UK government during the 2000s, which successfully intervened to reduce sodium in ultra-processed foods by working with manufacturers, leading to a significant reduction in hypertension and stroke.

A movie where the protagonist wakes up in the future to find once unhealthy foods like hot fudge and deep fat are now considered good, illustrating the changing nature of scientific consensus.