Robert Lustig MD

01/20/2026

Read with caution.

Visceral and liver fat affect metabolic health. Subcutaneous fat in the absence of visceral or liver fat is quite benign. Also, this article states that obesity is the cause of poor metabolic health. In fact, poor metabolic health is the cause of obesity. This is why only 65% of Americans are obese or overweight, but 93% of Americans manifest some form of metabolic dysfunction.

The definition is tricky, but the effects of poor metabolic health are clear — and can wreak havoc on the body.

01/19/2026

Well, not exactly…

01/18/2026

Today's the last day of the Quit Sugar Summit, and my interview is on the slate. Enjoy it!

https://quitsugarsummit.com/?a_aid=68ee55a8e82a

We're closing out the Quit Sugar Summit with an EPIC final day lineup that you absolutely cannot miss!

Today's grand finale features:

💜 Dr. Robert Lustig
💜 Roberta Ruggiero
💜 Ashleigh Delilo
💜 Dr. Sarah Zaldivar and Zane Griggs
💜 Hal Cranmer
💜 Catharine Arnston
💜 Anna Vocino
💜 Daniel Trevor
💜 Carol Laurie

This is your last chance to gain insights from some of the world's most respected experts on sugar and metabolic health. Today's sessions bring together everything you've learned this week and provide the final pieces of your health transformation puzzle.

Don't let this opportunity slip away. Your future self will thank you.

Register now and access the complete final day

"link in the comment."

01/17/2026

Enjoy the last couple days of the Quit Sugar Summit everyone! Plenty of revelatory interviews with experts at the top of their fields. Not too late to register for free... here's the link: https://quitsugarsummit.com/?a_aid=68ee55a8e82af

Honored to learn from true giants: medical icon Robert Lustig MD, and sugar freedom advocate Mike Collins.

PASSIONATE. GIVING. SAVING LIVES. Where passion meets purpose. All three of us speak Sunday, January 18th, at the Quit Sugar Summit — don’t miss our interviews! Click here to watch FREE:

https://quitsugarsummit.com/?a_aid=68ee55a8e82a

01/16/2026

The World Economic Forum in Davos starts next week.

Metabolic health has finally broken through as a major issue. Of course, the solution starts with food.

The world is facing not just an obesity epidemic, but a metabolic health crisis that silently affects millions who are of normal weight but still at risk.

01/14/2026

Lots of people have asked about my opinion of the "new" Dietary Guidelines.

This Bloomberg article quotes me properly. I was a member of this committee for a hot 2 days, until RFK politicized the science and so I quit. Not surprisingly, these new guidelines are just as politically motivated as the previous ones, but this time it's the meat and dairy industries with the undue influence.

There are three things right with them: 1) eat real food; 2) lower the sugar; and 3) cut back on ultraprocessed food. If they just stopped there, the guidelines would be perfect. But unfortunately, there's all sorts of gobbledygook about saturated fat, protein, and whole grains. Ignore all the rest of this drivel, and you'll be much healthier.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-10/the-new-food-pyramid-is-a-mess-but-the-message-is-better?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy

01/13/2026

Technology, sleep deprivation, substance abuse, processed food—these are the killers of contentment and the drivers of desire, dependence, and depression.

Connect, contribute, cope, cook: each of these has the capacity to pull you out of addiction by limiting the need for reward by optimizing the effects of dopamine and reducing cortisol—and lift you out of depression by increasing contentment and the effects of serotonin.

01/11/2026

ICYMI: In this conversation on Mind & Matter, we break down links between oxidative stress, nutrition, development, and neurodegenerative disease. If you want to understand why our current food environment is fueling metabolic dysfunction, this episode is worth your time.

Cellular metabolism, mitochondrial health, and the roles of diet and environment in metabolic health, fetal & child development, and Alzheimer's.

01/08/2026

Anyone going to Davos?

If so, put this on your dance card. Yuval Noah Harari is one of the world’s biggest thinkers. Him and I will “fireside chat” the trajectory of our societal health crises and the role of food in its cause and treatment.

01/06/2026

Happy new year everyone. Lots of info on all aspects of metabolism in this new podcast episode with Dr. Nick Jikomes:

Cellular metabolism, mitochondrial health, and the roles of diet and environment in metabolic health, fetal & child development, and Alzheimer's.