Dr. Robert Lustig is Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Lustig has become a leading public health authority on the impact sugar has on fueling the diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome epidemics, and on addressing changes in the food environment to reverse these chronic diseases.
In his New York Times best selling book Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processes Food, Obesity, and Disease, Robert documents both the science and the politics that have led to the current pandemic of obesity and chronic disease. In the Fat Chance Cookbook, Dr. Lustig provides practical examples for applying healthy eating principles with recipes by Cindy Gershen. Dr. Lustig joins us today to discuss his new book, Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine.
MH 370: What Really Happened? | Monica Perez | The Ripple Effect Podcast #510
Monica Perez was a radio host for 8 1/2 years on WSB Radio in Atlanta; prior to that she was an investment banker in New York and Texas. From that previous life, Monica holds an associate’s degree from Rockland Community College, a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, and a JD-MBA from Stanford. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst as well as a member of the bar of the State of New York. Monica now resides in Los Angeles where, in addition to podcasting, she experiences life as a wife, homemaker and mother of three teens. Monica is also a cocktail enthusiast who posts her favorite recipes on monicamixes.com.
