UCSF experts offer a frank indictment of the country’s agricultural policy and food industry, which have made it nearly impossible to avoid sugar in our daily diet, and suggestions for possible remedies.
The pace of modern life is a key contributor to today’s obesity epidemic. UCSF’s Elissa Epel and Barbara Laraia explain the stress connection and offer practical and effective solutions that don’t involve dieting and exercise.
Sugar isn’t just sweet, it’s addictive. This episode explores the cycle of addiction that sugar causes in the brain, much in the same way as drugs and alcohol. Series: «UCTV Prime: The Skinny on Obesity»
Sugar impacts the brain just as much as the waistline. In this episode, Dr. Robert Lustig explains the biochemical shifts that sugar causes, making us store fat and feel hungry at the same time. Series: «UCTV Prime: The Skinny on Obesity»
Dr. Robert Lustig illustrates the overabundance of sugar in today’s processed convenience foods and explains how our bodies metabolize these sugars in the same way as alcohol or other toxins, causing damage to the liver and other organs. Series: «UCTV Prime: The Skinny on Obesity».
How did we get so fat, so fast? The debut episode of this 7-part series debunks the theory that obesity only affects the «gluttons and sloths» among us and is, in fact, a public health problem that impacts everyone. Series: «UCTV Prime: The Skinny on Obesity».
Dr Robert Lustig stiller spørsmålet; «Hvordan har hele verden blitt så fete, så fort? Har alle blitt sløve og late?»
Grunnen til denne pandemien kan sammenfattes med et utsagn: «En kalori er en kalori». Dette er det første vi lærer oss. Spiser man mer en man forbrenner blir man fet, spiser man mindre enn man forbrenner blir man tynn. Teorien er klar spis mindre løp mer. Men slik fungerer det ikke og grunnen til det er at: «En kalori ikke er en kalori»!
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