Robert Lustig MD

09/20/2025

It begins with the sugar we eat.

09/18/2025

The worst habit in America is the sugary drink habit.

Last year, I discussed this truth with PARADE Magazine:

Dropping this one habit will drastically lower your risk of Type 2 diabetes.

09/18/2025

HUGE NEWS! 📍🍓

We are officially in 18 states across the country, with 8 new states joining our certification program.

This is our LARGEST group of districts to date, bringing our nationwide impact to 800,000 students. 🧡 ➡️ One step closer to our goal of reaching 1 million kids this year.

And in MORE exciting news - this will be Eat Real’s first group of districts to enroll under our newly updated nutrition standards. 💚

Over the last year, Eat Real’s K-12 Certification standards underwent a year-long, evidence-based review process, led by experts in the field, including doctors, nutritionists, farmers, and others.

With continued support, we are on track to reach 1 million students across 20 total states by the end of the 2025-2026 school year.

Read more at the link in bio. 👆

09/15/2025

If someone is looking to break free from an addiction to sugar, what should that process look like? Last year, I talked about this (and more) with Doug Bopst:

Check out the full interview I did with Dr. Robert Lustig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbntWFsrIhA⚠ WELLNESS DISCLAIMER ⚠Please be advised; the topics re...

09/12/2025

For those of you with a Washington Post subscription, here is a study of sugar consumption going up with ambient temperature. A big focus here on sugared beverages, especially in lower in socio-economic status populations.

No surprise -- they don't have access to clean or tasty water. So they choose soda.

More reason for public health efforts to help reduce sugar consumption.

09/11/2025

As I said, when the going got tough, RFK abdicated.

I agree with Kelly Brownell — if the food industry doesn’t have to change, they won’t. And RFK pulled his punches, because he doesn’t want the fight.

All talk and no action. Just like a politician.

Food policy experts said the White House health report is full of promising ideas, but falls short in key ways.

09/09/2025

There are more metabolically ill people with normal weight than those who are overweight. Metabolic disease is the problem. Obesity is a marker, not a cause – thin people suffer from metabolic disease too.

09/07/2025

Resharing an announcement about an upcoming event in Dana Point, CA:

I'm excited to be speaking at the 13th Annual Thought Leader Consortium, hosted by PLMI, on October 17th–18th. This event brings together top leaders in functional and integrative medicine to share insights and shape the future of healthcare.

I'll be talking about Reactive Oxygen Species and Dementia

Register at the link:

The Revolutionary Applications of AI, Biometrics, and Nutrigenomics to Disorders of Immunometabolism American and global health is at a crossroads. We face unprecedented rates of chronic, preventable diseases driven by lifestyle factors that are bankrupting nations and crippling our chances at healt...

09/05/2025

I spoke to The New York Times about the surge of AI scammers using faces like mine to sell health products and trick viewers.

Read the details:

Scammers are using A.I. tools to make it look as if medical professionals are promoting dubious health care products.

09/03/2025

On RFK, I've held my fire, on purpose, hoping for some good things to happen. But no longer.

I know Susan Monarez. She's a career scientist-civil servant. She was a guardrail. Now gone. Along with 4 top CDC officials.

And RFK knows how to diagnose mitochondrial dysfunction, just by looking at them. I'm a mitochondrial specialist, and I can't.

He's a lawyer, not a doctor. He's a lawyer who believes in precedent, not a public health official who believes in probability. He has the worst confirmation bias of anyone in power, and they all do. That's why they're in power. The rest of us know we're not sure.

I thought RFK would help fix the food. He hasn't, he's abdicated. He thinks getting rid of food dyes will make us healthy.

I thought RFK would help fix the chemicals in the environment. He hasn't, he's abdicated.

I thought RFK would help fix pharma transparency, but things are as opaque as ever.

RFK must go. Period. And we have to get rid of his HHS toadies too.

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/rfk-jr-must-go-and-he-s-not-only-one

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-children-health-diagnose-no-medical-degree-b2815849.html

Kennedy has often raised concerns about the increasing juvenile diabetes and autism rates

09/02/2025

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