Metabolical: The Truth About Processed Food by Dr Robert Lustig - Non Fiction - Paperback

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Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781529350074
Publisher: Yellow Kite (Hodder & Stoughton)

Overview
Metabolical 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.

About the Book
Dr 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.

• Written by a leading paediatric endocrinologist and New York Times bestselling author
• Combines hard science with an accessible, engaging writing style
• Offers a practical, actionable plan for improving diet and health
• Links personal nutrition choices to wider environmental and public health issues
• Ideal for readers interested in nutrition, food policy and preventive medicine
• Brand new paperback copy with fast, free UK delivery

About the Author
Dr 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.

Why You'll Love This Book
Sharp, 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.

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