{"title":"Dr Robert Lustig","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"metabolical-robert-lustig-non-fiction-paperback","title":"Metabolical: The Truth About Processed Food by Dr Robert Lustig - Non Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9781529350074\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Yellow Kite (Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nMetabolical is a hard-hitting exposé from New York Times bestselling author Dr Robert Lustig, exploring how ultra-processed food has quietly become the engine behind a modern epidemic of chronic disease. Backed by decades of clinical experience, Lustig unpicks the tangled relationships between the food industry, agriculture, pharmaceutical companies, medicine and government policy. This paperback edition offers a diagnosis of the problem and a genuinely actionable path towards better health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nDr Robert Lustig argues that our collective addiction to ultra-processed foods, aided by the food industry, big agriculture, pharmaceutical companies, institutional medicine and government policy, is fuelling a dramatic rise in chronic disease. Conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease, certain cancers and dementia are often dismissed as an inevitable part of getting older, but Lustig makes the case that they are largely a consequence of what we eat rather than an unavoidable feature of ageing. Drawing on decades treating patients with metabolic disease, he dismantles the myths peddled by food marketing, showing how sugar, additives and industrial processing quietly rewire the body's chemistry long before symptoms appear. He traces the journey from the supermarket shelf back through agricultural policy and food science, exposing the commercial incentives that keep unhealthy products on our plates. His proposed solution centres on a return to real, unprocessed food, paired with a practical plan individuals can use to restore health, strengthen immunity and reclaim long-term wellbeing. The book also broadens its lens to the environmental cost of industrial food production, connecting everyday nutrition choices to the wider health of the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by a leading paediatric endocrinologist and New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombines hard science with an accessible, engaging writing style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers a practical, actionable plan for improving diet and health\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinks personal nutrition choices to wider environmental and public health issues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for readers interested in nutrition, food policy and preventive medicine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand new paperback copy with fast, free UK delivery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nDr Robert H. Lustig is an internationally recognised paediatric neuroendocrinologist whose research and clinical practice have centred on childhood obesity, diabetes and the regulation of energy balance by the central nervous system. A professor at the University of California, San Francisco, he has spent over four decades treating patients and has become a leading voice challenging the food industry's role in the chronic disease epidemic. His earlier book, Fat Chance, was a New York Times bestseller, and his online talk on the dangers of sugar has been viewed by millions worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You'll Love This Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSharp, urgent and impeccably researched, Metabolical cuts through food industry spin to reveal what is really making us sick - and what to do about it. A must-read for anyone who cares about their health, their family's health, or the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease Note: Please note the exact cover design may vary slightly, but this is the correct UK ISBN and UK edition as shown.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dr Robert Lustig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44460242075885,"sku":"SNG11890","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/4549\/8093\/files\/metabolical-robert-lustig-paperback-yellow-kite.jpg?v=1784334140"},{"product_id":"metabolical-fat-chance-robert-lustig-2-book-set-paperback","title":"Metabolical \u0026 Fat Chance by Dr Robert Lustig 2 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nMetabolical: The Truth About Processed Food and How It Poisons People and the Planet\u003cbr\u003e\nFat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, Obesity and Disease\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN (Metabolical): 9781529350074\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN (Fat Chance): 9780007514144\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher (Metabolical): Yellow Kite (Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton)\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher (Fat Chance): Fourth Estate\u003cbr\u003e\nAge Range: Adult \/ General Readership\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis brand-new paperback set pairs Dr Robert Lustig's two most influential nutrition titles: Metabolical and Fat Chance. Together they trace his argument from the dangers of sugar to the wider crisis of ultra-processed food, giving an evidence-based picture of why modern diets drive chronic disease. Ideal for health-conscious adults and gift buyers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFat Chance, Dr Lustig's New York Times bestseller, first exposed sugar as toxic, addictive and hidden throughout the modern food supply. He explains why low-fat advice fails, why not all calories are equal, and how excess sugar drives illness even without weight gain, unpacking the food industry's role in hiding sugar and offering guidance on foods to cut. Metabolical builds on this foundation, widening the lens from sugar alone to the entire category of ultra-processed food. Dr Lustig argues that our dependence on processed products - enabled by the food industry, big agriculture, big pharma, institutional medicine and government policy - is the true root cause behind soaring rates of diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease, cancer and dementia. Rather than accepting these as inevitable parts of ageing, Metabolical reframes them as preventable metabolic dysfunction and lays out a practical plan for individuals and society to return to real, unprocessed food. Read together, the two books move from diagnosis to full exposé, arming readers with both the urgent facts about sugar and the wider systemic picture of how processed food damages health and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo influential, evidence-based nutrition titles from a NYT bestselling author in one paperback set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers the specific dangers of sugar and the wider crisis of ultra-processed food\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical, actionable guidance - clear food lists and real-world tips for cutting sugar and processed food\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccessible, conversational style balancing rigorous science with everyday advice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat for personal reading, book club discussion, or as a thoughtful health-focused gift\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand new paperback copies, easy to carry, share and revisit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nDr Robert H. Lustig is a paediatric neuroendocrinologist and professor emeritus at UCSF, where he spent decades treating childhood obesity and researching sugar's effects on metabolism. 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