Robert H. Lustig
Keynote Speaker: Neuroendocrinologist; New York Times Bestselling Author of "Fat Chance", "The Hacking of the American Mind," and "Metabolical"
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Robert H. Lustig Biography
Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L. is Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, and Member of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF. Dr. Lustig is a neuroendocrinologist, with expertise in obesity, diabetes, metabolism, and nutrition. He is one of the leaders of the current “anti-sugar” movement that is changing the food industry. He has dedicated his retirement from clinical medicine to help to fix the food supply any way he can, to reduce human suffering and to salvage the environment, by interacting with all stakeholders to bring them together around a common vision of metabolic health: protect the liver, feed the gut, support the brain.
Dr. Lustig graduated from MIT in 1976, and received his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in 1980. He also received his Masters of Studies in Law (MSL) degree at University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2013. He is the author of the popular books "Fat Chance" (2012), "The Hacking of the American Mind" (2017), and "Metabolical" (2021). He is the Chief Science Officer of the non-profit Eat REAL, and a member of the Nutrition Task Force of the American Dental Association. He is also the Chief Medical Officer of Biolumen, Ireneo Health, and Perfact.
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Robert H. Lustig Speaking Topics
Despite varied treatment, mitigation, and prevention efforts, the global prevalence and severity of obesity and associated chronic diseases continue to worsen. There are two current prevailing models of obesity: 1) the energy balance model (EBM), based on calories as the driver of weight gain; and 2) the carbohydrate-insulin model (CIM), based on insulin as a driver of energy storage. This lecture will explore the strengths and deficiencies of each of these models, and demonstrate that neither answer the question, neither address epigenetics, and neither provide rational prevention or treatment. Rather, 3) the oxidation-reduction model (REDOX), based on reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a driver of altered metabolic signaling; and 4) the obesogen model (OBS), which proposes that environmental chemicals interfere with hormonal signaling leading to adiposity, answer these deficiencies. We propose a combined OBS/REDOX model in which environmental chemicals (in air, food, food packaging, and household products) generate false autocrine and endocrine metabolic signals, including ROS, that subvert standard regulatory energy mechanisms, increase basal and stimulated insulin secretion, disrupt energy efficiency, and influence appetite and energy expenditure leading to weight gain. Importantly, the OBS/REDOX model provides a rationale and approach for future preventative efforts based on environmental chemical exposure reduction.
Mountain Dew Mouth has been the scourge of dentists for decades. But there’s a new disease which affects even more people: Mountain Dew Liver. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) wasn’t even discovered until 1980 and now up to 40% of Americans suffer from it, and it is now the leading cause of liver transplantation. (Especially children - 13% of autopsies in children show NAFLD; and 38% of obese children.) This disease belies all our other chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. And it is due to our excessive sugar consumption.
Dietary sugar is composed of one molecule each of glucose and fructose. It is the fructose that is the primary driver of both diseases. Fructose gets turned into fat in the liver mitochondria, which drives NAFLD, which is the leading cause of liver transplantation now, surpassing alcohol. And now children get the diseases of alcohol without alcohol, because they are the biggest sugar consumers.
As my colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco have shown, the Sugar Research Foundation – the industry’s trade group – even sought to persuade clinical medicine to focus on saturated fat instead of sugar, and pushed clinical dentistry to focus on a vaccine for tooth decay rather than sugar reduction.
Altering our diet is where public health prevention starts. But the dark forces of Big Sugar conspire to keep us consuming even more. They employ many tactics, similar to those of Big Tobacco. But we are now wise to their efforts, and solutions are slowly being enacted to counter their influence.
In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The result has been a perfect storm, disastrously altering our biochemistry and driving our eating habits out of our control. To help us recover our health, Dr. Lustig presents personal strategies to readjust the key hormones that regulate hunger, reward and stress; and societal strategies to improve the health of the next generation. Compelling, controversial and completely based in science, Dr. Lustig debunks the widely held notion to prove “a calorie is NOT a calorie,” and takes that science to its logical conclusion to improve health worldwide.
Robert H. Lustig Videos
Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
The Fat Chance Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes Ready in Under 30 Minutes to Help You Lose the Sugar and the Weight
Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease
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What topics does Robert H. Lustig speak about?
Robert H. Lustig is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Healthcare, Fitness, Authors, Lifestyle, Obesity Awareness Month, Family & Parenting and Generational Issues.
Where does Robert H. Lustig travel from?
Robert H. Lustig generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
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AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Robert H. Lustig for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Robert H. Lustig for your next private or corporate function.
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Robert H. Lustig is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Medicine, Health and Nutrition. The estimated speaking fee range to book Robert H. Lustig for live events is Below $10,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Robert H. Lustig generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Mark Hyman, Art Smith and Jillian Michaels. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Robert H. Lustig for an upcoming event.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Robert H. Lustig Speaking Topics
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Growing Up With Obesity
Despite varied treatment, mitigation, and prevention efforts, the global prevalence and severity of obesity and associated chronic diseases continue to worsen. There are two current prevailing models of obesity: 1) the energy balance model (EBM), based on calories as the driver of weight gain; and 2) the carbohydrate-insulin model (CIM), based on insulin as a driver of energy storage. This lecture will explore the strengths and deficiencies of each of these models, and demonstrate that neither answer the question, neither address epigenetics, and neither provide rational prevention or treatment. Rather, 3) the oxidation-reduction model (REDOX), based on reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a driver of altered metabolic signaling; and 4) the obesogen model (OBS), which proposes that environmental chemicals interfere with hormonal signaling leading to adiposity, answer these deficiencies. We propose a combined OBS/REDOX model in which environmental chemicals (in air, food, food packaging, and household products) generate false autocrine and endocrine metabolic signals, including ROS, that subvert standard regulatory energy mechanisms, increase basal and stimulated insulin secretion, disrupt energy efficiency, and influence appetite and energy expenditure leading to weight gain. Importantly, the OBS/REDOX model provides a rationale and approach for future preventative efforts based on environmental chemical exposure reduction.
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Clinician Confidential: How industry hacked the health professions, and how to unhack them
Mountain Dew Mouth has been the scourge of dentists for decades. But there’s a new disease which affects even more people: Mountain Dew Liver. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) wasn’t even discovered until 1980 and now up to 40% of Americans suffer from it, and it is now the leading cause of liver transplantation. (Especially children - 13% of autopsies in children show NAFLD; and 38% of obese children.) This disease belies all our other chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. And it is due to our excessive sugar consumption.
Dietary sugar is composed of one molecule each of glucose and fructose. It is the fructose that is the primary driver of both diseases. Fructose gets turned into fat in the liver mitochondria, which drives NAFLD, which is the leading cause of liver transplantation now, surpassing alcohol. And now children get the diseases of alcohol without alcohol, because they are the biggest sugar consumers.
As my colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco have shown, the Sugar Research Foundation – the industry’s trade group – even sought to persuade clinical medicine to focus on saturated fat instead of sugar, and pushed clinical dentistry to focus on a vaccine for tooth decay rather than sugar reduction.
Altering our diet is where public health prevention starts. But the dark forces of Big Sugar conspire to keep us consuming even more. They employ many tactics, similar to those of Big Tobacco. But we are now wise to their efforts, and solutions are slowly being enacted to counter their influence.
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Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity & Disease
In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The result has been a perfect storm, disastrously altering our biochemistry and driving our eating habits out of our control. To help us recover our health, Dr. Lustig presents personal strategies to readjust the key hormones that regulate hunger, reward and stress; and societal strategies to improve the health of the next generation. Compelling, controversial and completely based in science, Dr. Lustig debunks the widely held notion to prove “a calorie is NOT a calorie,” and takes that science to its logical conclusion to improve health worldwide.
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Robert H. Lustig Videos
BOOKS
Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
The Fat Chance Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes Ready in Under 30 Minutes to Help You Lose the Sugar and the Weight
Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease
NEWS
Robert H. Lustig News
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The Sugar-Addiction Taboo - Robert H. Lustig - The Atlantic
Robert H. Lustig is a pediatric neuroendocrinologist and a professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. He is former chairman of the ...
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Learning to Cut the Sugar - NYTimes.com
Dr. Robert Lustig became widely known as “the anti-sugar guy” after a lecture of his called “Sugar: The Bitter Truth” was posted on YouTube and gained ...
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How do I book Robert H. Lustig to speak at my event?
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How much does it cost to book Robert H. Lustig for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Robert H. Lustig, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Robert H. Lustig are Below $10,000 for live events and Below $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Robert H. Lustig, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent. -
What topics does Robert H. Lustig speak about?
Robert H. Lustig is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Healthcare, Fitness, Authors, Lifestyle, Obesity Awareness Month, Family & Parenting and Generational Issues. -
Where does Robert H. Lustig travel from?
Robert H. Lustig generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for Robert H. Lustig?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Robert H. Lustig for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Robert H. Lustig for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Robert H. Lustig or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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