About this episode
Hello Wise Wordians,Welcome back to another episode of ‘Wise Words Book Summaries’.This week we are summarising ‘Metabolical’ by Robert Lustig which explores the relationship between processed foods and its overwhelming consequences on our health. In this episode, we cover topics such as:How food has become poisonDebunking “Modern Medicine”Does Modern Medicine Treat the Disease or Just the Symptoms? Is Obesity the Root Cause of Health Problems or Just a Symptom?Why Doctors Need to Unlearn NutritionThe Relationship Between Mouth Health and Metabolic HealthThe Birth of Big Pharma If any of these topics sound interesting to you then make sure to give it a listen, and if you enjoy what you hear, why not leave us a like, subscribe to our channel, or even better, let us know your thoughts in the comment section below, your feedback means so much to us and helps to improve our podcast.In addition, if you fancy implementing any of the actionable ideas we mention in this episode, head over to our website at wisewords.blog where the ‘Metabolical’ book summary will be waiting for you.Next week we will summarise Part II of Metabolical, so stay tuned for that.We hope you enjoy it.--------------------------00:00:00-Overview and Author Introduction00:07:54-Introduction00:08:01-How food has become poison00:09:31-The difference between nutrition and food science00:11:30-The scope of the book00:13:19-There are two keys to understanding the breakdown of our health and healthcare model00:21:44-The immoral Hazard00:26:53-Part I Debunking “Modern Medicine”00:26:56-Chapter 1 “Treatment” Is Not “Cure”—It’s Not Even Treatment00:29:50-Modern Medicine Is Not the Solution to the Problem, Modern Medicine Is the Problem00:35:06- Chapter 2 “Modern Medicine” Treats Symptoms, Not Disease00:35:10-Insulin 10100:36:10-Obesity Is a “Red Herring”00:44:49-The Blood Pressure Blow-out00:47:21-Blood Glucose—Dude, Are You High?00:49:04-Chapter 3 Doctors Need to “Unlearn” Nutrition00:50:23-Conflict or Confluence of Interest?00:56:33-What holds clinicians back?01:01:07-Nutritional “Know-Nothings”01:03:20-Who’s on the Hot Seat?01:07:55-Chapter 4 Dietitian's Lost Their Mind01:09:47-Chapter 5 Dentists Lost Their Way01:16:08-Chapter 6 Because Big Pharma Was Their Teacher01:16:11-The birth of Big Pharma01:23:05-Big Pharma on the Rampage01:25:45-Polypharmacy Kills People01:29:02-Who funds medical research?01:33:19-Disease A Plus Treatment B Still Equals DeathIf you enjoyed this podcast make sure to check out our other content on our other platforms: Website: ht
