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Sure you know your baby doesn’t need sugar. But did you know that added sugars are EVERYWHERE in the commercial food supply, including baby foods? 

In this episode I’m joined by Dr. Robert Lustig - the BIG DADDY of sugar research and he’s breaking it DOWN exactly why your baby doesn’t need sugar (...and what you can do to avoid it!)

You may know Dr. Lustig from documentary films such as FED UP or SUGAR COATED...or possibly the longest viral video ever, his SUGAR: THE BITTER TRUTH 90 minute treatise on every reason why we’re being tricked into eating sugar and what it’s doing for our bodies.

But Dr. Lustig is also doing groundbreaking research on TEXTURES and PALATE DEVELOPMENT and he’s sharing WHY as he puts it, “We have been feeding babies pureed semi solid food for millenia...and they’re still here!”

Sit back and enjoy this interview with Dr. Robert Lustig of UCSF

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SUMMARY of episode

In this episode Dr. Robert Lustig is walking us through:

• Why he believes sugar is the alcohol of the child

• Why your baby has to see a SAVORY food significantly more times before he or she likes it vs. SWEET foods (...hint: it has to do with taste receptors on your baby’s tongue)

• Why pureeing vegetables for your baby does not convey the same health benefits as eating the soft, safe intact versions for babies (...hint: it has to do with the shearing of fiber in the blender + removal of the liver protection fiber containing foods provide)

• The difference between apples, applesauce and apple juice and their impact on you and your baby’s blood sugar

• Why healthy foods are high in fiber and low in sugar; processed foods are low in fiber and high in sugar...and it’s the processed foods that are killing us!

LINKS from episode

• Dr. Lustig’s personal / professional website. 

• The non-profit Eat Real that Dr. Lustig is the Chief Medical Officer

• Dr. Lustig’s UCSF Sugar Science resource (...the one that vetted 8,000 clinical research articles down into a few infographics for you :)

• Dr. Lustig’s books on Amazon (affiliate links):

  • Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity and Disease

  • Metabolical: The Lure and Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine (release May 2021)

• Movies that Dr. Lustig has been featured in that were mentioned in the podcast episode:

  • Fed Up

  • Sugar Coated: How the Food Industry Seduced the World One Spoonful at a Time

  • Sugar the Bitter Truth (...Dr. Lustig in the longest viral video you’ll ever watch!) 

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