The complete skinny on Obesity

09/21/2014
Robert H. Lustig The complete skinny on Obesity

University of California Television (UCTV) Dr. Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology Millions have watched Dr. Robert Lustig’s YouTube videos on the role sugar plays in obesity. In this compilation of the popular YouTube series “The Skinny on Obesity,” Dr. Lustig and his UCSF colleagues dig deeper into…

Fed Up!

09/21/2014
Fed Up

Everything we’ve been told about food and exercise for the past 30 years is dead wrong. FED UP! is the film the food industry doesn’t want you to see. From Katie Couric, Laurie David (Oscar winning producer of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH) and director Stephanie Soechtig, Fed Up will change the way you eat forever. Upending…

Fat Chance and the Fat Chance Cookbook

09/20/2014
Book recommendations

Dr. Lustig’s book “Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease“ Robert Lustig’s 90-minute YouTube video “Sugar: The Bitter Truth”, has been viewed more than three million times. Now, in this much anticipated book, he documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over…

The sweet names of sugar

09/20/2014
The sweet names of sugar

By Linda Cornelius ecogal Author and Designer Below are the multiple names of Sugar. Under each name, you will find a description, its effects on our health, and where it is used in the foods we buy. This list includes: Sugars, Natural sugars, Natural sweeteners, Modified sugars, Artificial sweeteners, Sugar extract, Sugar Alcohol & Sugar…

Jamie Oliver Ted Talk: Teach every child about food

09/06/2014
Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver is transforming the way we feed ourselves, and our children. Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, West Virginia — and a shocking image of the sugar we eat — TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. Jamie Oliver Food Foundation…