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Robert H. Lustig

American
Born 1957
Robert H. Lustig is an American pediatric endocrinologist. He is professor emeritus of pediatrics in the division of endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he specialized in neuroendocrinology and childhood obesity. He is also director of UCSF's WATCH program, and president and co-founder of the non-profit Institute for Responsible Nutrition.
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Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food

4.6/5

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Robert H. Lustig's Metabolical is a New York Times bestselling work of narrative health science that argues processed food has driven eight core pathologies underlying virtually all chronic disease — and that the healthcare, food, and pharmaceutical industries have systematically obscured this reality. This review is based on published source material and reception accounts; it does not reflect hands-on use or application of the book's recommendations.

Reviewed Sep 7, 2026

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