I just wanna take a second to appreciate that the people in this video are fighting for the truth and doing what's right even though it may not be benefitting them and they are actually sticking their necks out for us. We appreciate you.

I cut bread, margarine and vegetable oils out of my diet (as well as sugar) and lost about 180 pounds. I am no longer taking diabetes medication. My HB1ac numbers are normal - the stuff we're being sold in the shops is killing us!

So basically my grandmother was right. Real food, cooked at home from basic ingredients bought from a farmers market eaten as a family is the answer to our food problems.

My Endocrinologist at the VA was useless. I'm the one who figured out what caused my Hashimoto's. It was the Mirena IUD. I went to the guy to find out what caused my thyroid condition, and he said, there was no correlation between thyroid issues and birth control. I took the IUD out in 2017, and two years later, he was dumbfounded when my labs showed that the TPO had dropped from 400 to 169 and thyroglobulin went from 3 (high) to in range. I have been birth control free since 2017. As of May 2021, TPO is at 60 and thyroglobulin is still in range. He still wouldn't listen to me for the next two years. I argued with him every single appointment. I stopped the levothyroxine in March 2021, and my vitiligo has been healing on its own. I don't trust doctors with their medicine for long term chronic care, but I will use a doctor for a broken bone or something.

I cut out sugar/carbs about 2 months ago, felt great. Someone bought me a 3 lb box of chocolates for Xmas, of course I started to eat them because they were staring at me, and thought as long as I don't eat too many at once I'm fine. 3 days later I feel like shit again, they went in the garbage tonight.

We used to see tobacco adds on TV. Right after it was no longer allowed we became bombarded with prescription drug adds. Sugar and processed food advertisements and drug ads should be addressed as a public health risk. Also, these controls should be on companies and not the tax payers.

They should have a food processing classification. Base it on how processed foods are. Example: Broccoli just grows and we pick it and eat it. We call foods like broccoli score of 0 for no processing. The more processing the higher the number, higher the number the higher the tax. Use the money from junk food tax to reward those eating healthy by lowering cost of healthy food.

Having recently been in an NHS hospital I assure none of their promises to you were met. Never seen a menu so likely to give you diabetes. White bread and jam with OJ for breakfast, big pasta lunches, more pasta dinners and chocolate cake for dessert...

There are so many life lessons in this presentation, not just health, but how business and society operates. Glad our NHS are taking note.

When I grew up in the 1960s on a livestock farm raising beef and pork, I would take 400-pound beef calves and feed them close to 1000 pounds in 7 months as my 4-H projects. They got a diet as heavy on corn as fast as possible as I transitioned them from a silage-corn mixture. That silage mixture was already far richer than the grass they had grown up eating on a western ranch before they were rounded up and shipped to our midwest grain farm. The intent was to transition them from grass to grain. I gave my animals an especially rich corn diet--straight corn ASAP. That means shelled corn--the grain only, without the corn cobs ground up from complete ear corn--as opposed to what we gave our ordinary feedlot animals. One time we slaughtered one of these 4-H calves for our own use. My mother complained that when barbecuing its meat versus an animal from our feedlot, it was especially prone to create fires due to all the fat dripping on the briquets. Essentially you can say that I "finished" my 4-H projects by more than doubling their weight on a corn-intensive diet. As part of 4-H I was required to keep close records of their feed consumption and weight. The animals were weighed at the start and end of the project so that a daily “rate of gain” was calculated against amount of feed given. That number was displayed over them at the county fair. It took a little longer to bring our feedlot cattle to market weight, but long before they were shipped to slaughter they were on a straight ground ear corn diet---plus a soy-based protein supplement, which was just a dusting on top of their corn, maybe a couple 50-pound sacks mixed in with at least 1000 pounds of grain, perhaps 2000 pounds. Nowadays grain farmers shell the corn as it is harvested by large combines, leaving the corn cobs to decompose in the fields, but they then go through and bale the corn stalks which are later ground into the feed mixtures for the animals. Of course all this corn is GMO. In my farm days the protein supplement also contained diethylstilbestrol, a growth hormone which was found to cause cancer in the daughters of women who had been given it when pregnant, until that was discovered and banned for women in the 1970s. Essentially it was medically available for the entire period of the baby boom generation. (Women were treated with it for a reproductive purpose rather than weight gain!) Livestock raisers were supposed to switch cattle off such a hormone mixture at least a week or ten days before sending them to market, but I would never trust all cattle raisers to be so responsible simply due to the extra handling the switch would cause, since the recommendation was to keep them on a supplement until slaughter. Also, slaughter dates were never exact, and were often determined by the daily price changes the slaughterhouses offered. We kept all our market-bound animals in one feedlot, eating from a common free choice feeder that kept the corn in front of them constantly. That period of their development was called “full feed.” We sorted them out in small batches based on which of the larger group were most market-ready, so they were all getting the same feed but not going to market at the same time. And I never heard of beef being rejected after testing at a slaughterhouse revealed the hormone. I also worked in a beef slaughterhouse--albeit only for one day. I left the farm in the 1970s and I don't know if stilbestrol is still being used, but antibiotics certainly are, and I’ve read that perhaps 2/3 or 3/4 of all antibiotic consumption in the US now goes to meat animals, largely in their feed. I don't believe such hormone testing of meat was ever done, nor could it easily be tracked back to the cattle producer who fed it. I certainly never heard of any farmers being penalized for it.

I'm humbled by the fact that these scientists are working so passionately to make a change for the better of all of us and making their knowledge and insight on the subject available for free. It makes me feel we simply don't deserve these people.

In Ayurvedic medicine they say that a healthy body has no need for medicine and for the unhealthy body, there is not enough medicine. It’s all about balance between diet, exercise and proper rest

Twenty years ago, I read that the calorie breakdown, carbohydrate, fat, and protein, advocated by the medical establishment and the FDA corresponds perfectly with feed ratio for fattening hogs.

Thank you Food gate and Dr. Cristen Kearns and all of you. Another dentist here. Day by day recommending my patients to reduce refined carbs especially sugar. There is hope when I listen to your work.

I went Keto and really love how well I feel. That said, it was my decision. I don't want the gov't bullying me (aka: social engineering) to eat the way someone else has decided that I should eat. It's none of their business, and the gov't promoting the carb industry and processed foods was what got us into this mess in the first place. Which leads me to agree that the gov't needs to but out and stop subsidizing the sugar industry. Give farmers incentives to stop feeding farm animals unhealthy garbage that makes us sick, and promote more natural farming techniques that don't require spraying poisons on our food.

In my late 60's, I have no metabolic disease and do not take any drugs. My husband and I go on 50-60 mile backpacking excursions every week. My diet is very low carb, high fat, minimal protein, and full of micronutrients. Nuts, some seeds, some legumes, copious amounts of greens, vegetables, free-range eggs from non-grain fed fowl, Alaskan salmon a few times a week, and clean water. The variety in our menu is vast, even with these "limitations". A vegetable curry made with coconut, peanut butter, chickpeas, mushrooms, and hot peppers, over wild "rice" is a favorite...especially while backpacking. The variety of vegetables depends on what our garden is producing--onions, carrots, celery, broccoli, zucchini, squash, cabbage, kale, spinach, collards, green beans, green redbud tree pods, dandelion leaves, sunchoke roots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, red peppers, green peppers, and more.

A brilliant video , a real eye opener 👍

I'm not waiting for this to become a standard of health care. I made the changes three weeks ago. I started adopting Ketogenic dieting and intermittent fasting. No sugar-water (this includes sodas, diet sodas, juices, hot chocolate, basically anything with high fructose corn syrup). Only water, teas, occasional coffee. No processed foods, only real food. Organic because I cannot trust the fruits and veggies not to be covered in pesticides and other toxins. I'll reach out to my doctor and request a blood lab order to see how I am doing after two or three months. I hope the results are better.

Where money goes so does power. The industry has chewed me up and spit me out. My voice is too weak against this scourge on the American people. Today I'm free of metabolic syndrome because I know what you should know. The people in this video cannot be bought!

I don’t get tired listening & watching to this amazing man named Dr. Robert Lustig.

Dr. Berg has been talking about the negative effects of sugars and carbs for years. Glad to hear more pressure is being put from others too.

I started a coca cola habit for about 3 years after never drinking it as a kid, those 3 years my body transformed into the weirdest fatty no muscle but not overly big composition, and my physical health felt awful. Quitting sugary drinks and high sugar per day has transformed on its own my entire body composition and my physical health is back to normal.

Just wow! Exceptional panel!

Thank you so much for this information! It is among the most important I have ever heard, truly life changing! Dr Lusting long ago changed my life forever!!

This is one of the best videos I have seen in a long time. Bringing to bear the shortcomings of industry and food policy in this country and around the world. Please keep working on the information about food and nutrition. I really appreciate all the information that you have brought to light. Thank you.

What to test: 1. Fasting insulin 2. ALT alanine aminotransferase (liver fat) 3. Uric acid (sugar consumption) 4. Fasting lipid profile, specifically triglycerides to HDL ratio (size of LDL particles)

A little surprised you did not mention the disastrous, (and corporate-sponsored) "Food Pyramid"?

I was found to have an A1C of 6.8 three years ago. I immediately went on a low-carb diet and lost 30+ lbs in 3 months and my A1C dropped to 4.9! I've maintained my weight and eat low-carb and my A1C maintains at 5.3.

So much for, “follow the science”! It’s, “follow the money”!

She is a tenacious heroine for investigating this for years!

This enlightening video can also be titled "The Sugar Industry Conspiracy" and can be made into a movie in the Erin Brockovich style. Sugar, little by little, kills.

Calling for justice !!!! Calling for those responsible for the cover-up....you 3 are super heroes !!!!

I stopped drinking soda, I lost 12 lbs in the first month. I didn't do any exercise or any other restrictions. After the month I had a soda and I couldn't even drink it because it tasted way too sweet and I'm the type that likes alot of sugar on things!

This is a great podcast. Thank you UCTV for the much needed truth on sugar and sugar substitutes. MORE Power to these groups of brave and so very kind professional informants and the wonderful research they have done.

I was born in 1984 and me and my two brothers were NEVER allowed soda while all my friends were. Well, I can honestly say my brothers and I have never been over weight and we still do not consume pop. I’m so grateful that my mom did that. Also, I’m 7 days sugar free and feel AMAZING, I highly recommend it. To keep my blood sugar levels balanced, I consume two 8oz bottles of chia seeds (1.5-2tbs in a bottle) I drink one in the morning and one around 5pm. Game changer.

Great presentations. Well done all. I had my training in the time of Prof Yudkin, so have spent a lifetime resisting sugar in both professional & personal roles. It seemed out of step in the low fat era that always seemed suspect. Have watched the hospital food evolutions over so many decades. Three cheers there are little rays of light slowly filtering through! Been watching Robert Lustig for a while sounding as impatient as I became before I retired having not witnessed the food change we needed.

Thank you❤️. I used a weight formula probiotic and a slice of lemon in carbonated water occasionally to replace soda . When I drink diet soda, it gives me sugar cravings. I am reversing my metabolic syndrome and fatty liver! Thank you Dr Lustig and doctors!

Thank you for helping us to understand why we are so sick!! Thank you for all the work you do we really appreciate very much 🙏

Thank you all for this great presentation. Among other things, Dr. Lustig have confirmed my moderate use of butter (& olive oil) is not so bad for me. Yay! Great explanation of LDL & VLDL cookies too!

This is life changing for me. Thank you!

1:11:46 Take away corn and sugar subsidies now, please.

Here is something that often gets missed ..in the last several generations women have been forced to enter the workplace..not breast.feeding .the first milk colostrum jump starts the liver and sets up the metabolism...

Great presentations and advises for living healthy. Thank you and Thank you.

Healthy all my life until my 40s then boom slowed down my exercise and sport activity, waistline bloat no fat but. Beer gut fat..... then high BP. And sleep apnea, a thyroid problem gerd and a hand full of pills for ten years and I finally got it..... diet is key..... this doctor is correct, but I will add a low carb diet semi dirty keto worked for me . No more mid drift bloat, BP. 120/80 and gerd basically gone, still have thyroid problem, but all my inflammation is gone and I feel like I did in my 30s ......... if I can make the change in diet anyone can. Diet is the key.

Dr. Lustig, thank you for this presentation. I gave it a thumbs up. However, I take issue with your statement that grass fed cattle require 18 months to get to slaughter weight and size, but corn fed cattle only take six weeks. Perhaps you miss spoke. While you are correct that it takes about 18 months to finish cattle on grass. With the exception of calves destined for veal (usually dairy bull calves), 100% of beef cattle destined for slaughter are grass fed for ten to fourteen months before they are sent to feedlots for grain finishing. It then takes about six weeks to bring an animal to slaughter size and weight. The ration fed to "cattle on feed" may or may not contain corn. It is usually made up of a combination of corn, soybean, cottonseed, wheat, barley, millet, spent brewer's grain, beet pulp, and other grain byproducts and alfalfa hay. The makeup of the ration is highly price dependent. If the price of one commodity is too high it will be replaced with a cheaper one while maintaining the protein and energy requirements to finish the animal to slaughter specifications.

Whoever is behind this "foodgate", intentional harm to people, should be punished to the full extent of the law.

They don't know the results of stevia... I do! My personal experience shows that I have an intense drive to overeat when I sweeten foods and drinks with stevia. AND it makes intermittent fasting impossible. Stevia is processed. Processed food is the problem. Get rid of the process and the processors.

Mindblowing presentation. 👍

Every doctor should watch this. BUT, doctors have a self interest thing going on. What if everybody got wise and stopped eating badly. Every PERSON should see this and adjust. For myself, I learned long ago that sugar was poison. I was kind of lucky, I never had much of a craving for sweet things. In large part, because sweet things were OVERLOADED with sugar. Lost appeal for me. All my siblings developed heart disease, diabetes and cancer. It wouldn't surprise me that cancer is also diet related.

Brilliant research and vital information. Thanks for your research and making the information public.

As alarming as this information is...the devoted commitment of these c researchers is truly inspiring. Gives me faith in humanity and hope for the future! Deepest gratitude🙏.

Robert Lustig is my absolute hero. He should be everyone's role model. He explains complex situations in such an understandable way. Thank you for these posts.

Awesome... I saw for myself the variations in cattle farming in the U.S. touring myself solo road tripping. I did 4 trips total 50,000 miles. It was really really hard to see how cattle are crammed into small areas to force feed. It made me sick to watch. I wouldn't dare eat any meat now that is corn fed. Was talking to a butcher about it one day while buying some meat. He told me how farmed shrimp are mostly fed from excretions from chickens caged above them in warehouse facilities. Had I not seen first hand what is done to force corn fed cows I might not have believed it. Now I hunt wild caught when available. And yes, am in middle of reading FAT CHANCE by Robert Lustig. The fiber thing is critical. I had no idea how critical. I want to know more about FOODGATE.

I love everything about this panel ..dropping gems 💎 over here!

I grew up in a health food home (no soda-are you kidding?) three months of dorm food and I was a mess. I just eliminated soda and French fries from my cafeteria plate, and made sure I started lunch and dinner with a healthy quando sprouts. It was so easy and change my life for decades. I still don’t drink “beverages”. I also drink almost no beer.

Please don't stop fighting for spreading the truth about how each and everyone of us must take responsibility to educate ourselves to be in charge of our own health. Your lectures are so enlightening. Thank you.

I don't eat a lot of stevia, because I am no longer addicted to sugar. (Hmmm...I am still addicted, but I never give in after losing 75 # from my small frame.) I love the sweetness of stevia and it doesnt cause me to eat more. I eat only whole organic foods and keep my eating in a 4 hr. window each day. It's been 15 years and I have put on about 10 pounds which I will take off by doing a few 3 day fasts.

Love listening to Dr. Lustig. Frankly, he knows what the heck he's talking about. I see the problem as people not controlling themselves. They want this tasty thing, doughnuts, junk food, etc. "...so the eyes of man are never satisfied." (Proverbs 27:20)

1:11:03 Dr. Lustig got really passionate at that point. It's contagious!

Great lecture, but I thought the topic of tyrannical taxation fell short when there was no discussion of teaching our children the basics of dietary science in school, I would like to know what the government does with the tax from tobacco? Probably given to the giant food stamp program in those participating states who haven’t agreed to prohibit the junk food purchased.

Food Stamps don't just subsidize carbs. Or can be used to buy organic, grass-feed beef and chicken, fresh greens and vegetables, and fruit. Unfortunately, the poor have never been taught to shop for value and the working poor work too many hours to either don't know how to fix fresh foods or don't have the energy. It's a vicious circle of disease.

This kind of stuff should be taught in school... everything we need to learn in the future should be taught idk why they teach anything less

Fantastic talk that everyone should hear!!! From Scotland GB.

Absolutely outstanding presentation

Just one correction : What stopped the tobacco industry was lawyers suing the pants off of them. Yes, lawyers.

I appreciate your honest and truthful research spirit! We will get the soda tax passed someday soon!

Thank you for the information. It really opened up a new reality in sugar intake and it’s consequences

Inspired or better say educated by Dr. Lustig I stopped all concentrated sweets and now looking at the labels for added sugars. Didn’t change my diet beyond that - the fat which I thought impossible to get rid of started to melt away - and keeps melting… I cannot say enough Thank You’s to these dedicated people who bring knowledge to us. It is simple and it works. When I shared it with my doctor her response was null - makes me think she doesn’t know it… On my next visit I’m bringing Dr. Lustig book to her 😅

Insightful. I hope I live long enough to see the rise of traditional foods in our diet and the demise of killer processed food from the shelves of supermarkets.

Great info on diet and health. Off the rails on public policy and taxes. The public needs to be informed honestly by the government but not manipulated with taxation. Tobacco or sugar, its not healthy but taxing it punitively is morally wrong. The problem is the government saying carb and sugar is good

I loved listening to these wonderful speakers. Thank you so much.

I really appreciate the explanation about soluble and insoluble fiber. A lot of my journey has been about gut health, so understanding that helps me out a lot.

hyperthyroidism, ezcema, gall bladder issues, all gone by cutting out grains, vegetable oils & sugar or high fructose sweeteners from my diet. Unbelievable, we've been poisoned our whole lives.

Thank you so much ❤️

Thank you very much for your information on Stevia. You described my experience perfectly. I and my eldest son had begun to eat more healthily using Ketogenic guidelines to great effect. I've never bought into the processed/fast food lifestyle as a routine, daily way of life. I like home cooked food. My grandmother's influence and she always loved butter and saturated fats, wouldn't touch the margarine that became all the rage; none of today's health issues for her. I had no problem with straight Keto from the beginning, even fasting 24 - 72hrs was no problem. After a visit to my son, where we had hot chocolate sweetened with Stevia. ( I wondered about the effect on the brain of the 'sweet hit', but trying to find out about that, the information seemed to indicate there was not an issue). It was delicious, unfortunately. Now I understand the cravings for 'sweet'! We both have had the problems you've described so perfectly, since we included Stevia in our diet. I'm fortunate not have a 'sweet tooth', but my son really likes chocolate so had begun to eat up Christmas leftovers too. Now that I fully understand the brain's reaction to the 'sweet hit' my own suspicions have been confirmed I'll be passing this lecture on to my son. Again many thanks. It's also so encouraging to realise all that is being done and the progress being slowly made in the fight to overcome this evil. How about all the allergies and other sensitivities that affect the populations? I don't know about America, but in the UK the rise in these types of afflictions in young schoolchildren, even from baby/toddlerhood is rising year on year. Worse since 'Follow on baby milk' came on the market, although I would hesitate to propose a link there. Just noticed the heightened sensitivities a few years after this item was a regular in the baby section of the supermarket shelves.

This should be on TV, in looping, all around the world

Fascinating and brillant exposé. Indeed a real food-gate. Thank you a lot for your courage for swimming against the tide. A shorter demonstration could be the following: Tip 1: Mega hyper-rich top managers of Philip Morris do not smoke; Tip 2: Top managers of Coca-Cola do not drink soft drinks; Tip 3: Old poor lean farmers eat their own production; Tip 4: Think.

1:08:05 tests to order: fasting insulin ALT uric acid fasting lipid profile, specifically triglyceride to HDL ratio The usually ordered fasting glucose and hemoglobin a1c are the last things to change so when they are out of bounds it's too late for prevention

love this guy each presentation is diffrent

This information is important! Thank you for sharing!

Robert Lustig,... I LIKE THIS GUY!

"You want social security? Stop ✋ drinking soda 🥤 and tell all your friends to do so too." An instant classic!

The problem with taxation is that once the problem goes away the taxes don’t.

Super great info. that public needs to hear. Now put this in ads.

Dr. Lustig, What are your current thoughts about the use of Processed Seed Oils and their effects on the health of people? In my opinion, it's not just about the Sugar (and fructose). In my opinion, the USDA should implement nutritional guidance about the intake of Omega-6 fatty acids. There ought to be Recommended Daily Maximum Exposure Limits on the total intake of Omega-6 fatty acid ingestion.

Bravo for a well done video on Corporate America putting the health of their American people after profits for a few.

Excellent presentation. Trying to reduce my sugar consumption, and maintain a healthy weight.

Thank you for this video, so helpful!

I was a blood sugar emergency. I cut sugar and refined carbs, and added fiber. After 12 weeks my blood sugar is 'norma' and my weight is down 36lbs.

Very good information very informative! Thank you! I really wish that people would come up with a different way of expressing that something is a scandal other than adding the word gate after it. Watergate had nothing to do with water.

Excellent speaker, listen to him and learn!

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Hospitals should carry ketogenic diet.if patient asks it should be included.

Really great talk! Listened to in my run today. One question I have is cholesterol. I always thought polysaturated fats lead to bad cholesterol so I avoid them. Including red meat. I even use things like coconut oil and avacado in moderation.

A little over 3 months ago, after I took a random lipid test, I was told my A1C was 6.2 (pre-diabetes level), my cholesterol was high enough to cause a stroke, and my triglycerides were over 500. I IMMEDIATELY threw away every food with a sugar ingredient, and the same for ingredients that break down into sugar after being eaten (bread, pasta, flour, grains, potatoes, tapioca...etc). Pay attention to the Glycemic Index, and eat even your healthy foods in the following order: Drink a shot of whey first, next eat high fiber veggies like broccoli or avocado, eat your sardines/meat and nuts next, and wrap things up with low glycemic index fruits last, then immediately start exercising -- maintaining this precise order will flatten your body's insulin response to a meal. Three months later I am down almost 40 lbs and am just 5 lbs away from the Healthy BMI category from an Obese starting point, my A1C is 5.8 (5.7 is normal so I am almost there), my cholesterol is fine, and my triglycerides are now around 50. I am NEVER eating sugar or breads again. Throw it away, or it will kill you. And let me tell you that you will have an abundance of healthy, fresh foods to choose from and you won't miss sugar even one bit!

Professors like this make me miss college (5 years ago)

This is excellent!

I’m shocked that KZfaq hasn’t erased this video 🤔

Stevia makes me ravenous hungry after its consumed.. Awesome information eye opening Thank you.

I can't express how appreciative I am for the work that you're doing in pursuit of genuine healthcare. I love it. Please never stop! When it comes to public policy however, please consult with an ECONOMICS expert, not a "public policy expert", before advocating on behalf of the truth. Please don't make this political is all I'm saying. We've had enough good intentions forced on us as of late, don't you think?