By Rob Lorei
There is no question that more Americans suffer from obesity and related illness than ever before, but what is the solution? Dr. Robert Lustig, Director of a Childhood Obesity Program at University of California, says the main factor in our unhealthy diet is sugar, particularly sugar that is added by food companies. In his new book Fat Chance: Beating the odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity and Disease, Lustig says sugar changes the hormones that regulate hunger, is addictive, and is linked to dementia. He joins us today to talk about how we can eat healthy and break our sugar habit.
Then we speak with Pinellas County congressman David Jolly, who is filing a bill that will make personal campaign soliciting by US congress members illegal. Jolly himself is leaving the campaigning to his staff, saying that too much of a congress member’s time is devoted to fundraising when they should be making laws.
2 Responses to “Obesity scientist says modern diet needs less sugar; Rep. David Jolly ditches personal fundraising”
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Hi Rob: I was kind of disappointed with the callers yesterday who were hating on David
Jolly. Here’s a man who’s trying to do the right thing and raise awareness of
the time our Reps spending fundraising, and they blast him for it? I thought
there would be more praise for Jolly for at least making an effort, to have the
cajones to make some changes where his colleagues are too scared to try. Oh
well! Thanks so much though for bringing him on your show.
We need a law to require liver health education be provided students in all grades from Pre K to graduation.
This vital organ has been sadly neglected contributing to the high incidence of liver related PREVENTABLE diseases including: obesity, fatty liver, early onset diabetes, atherosclerosis, high cholesterol and especially drug misuse and abuse. Individuals can not change what they do not know. Tragically children and adults continue to be victims of preventable diseases.
Let’s share some of the billions being spent on ineffective programs attempting to rebuild lives destroyed by ignorance. . .AND INVEST IN PREVENTIVE EDUCATION THAT WORKS.
FOR EFFECTIVE LIVER HEALTH MESSAGES FOR CHILDREN AS WELL AS ADULTS VISIT LIVERLADY.COM
Thelma King Thiel, RN, BA Former CEO American Liver Foundation and Hepatitis Foundation International and currently serving on the board of the Global Global Liver Institute